Tandem-L mission concept

Tandem-L mission concept
The Tandem-L mission concept foresees alternating operation in 3-D Structure Mode (right) and Deformation Mode (left). In the Deformation Mode, as broad a swath as possible is imaged with fixed transmit polarisation. In this way, the time between images can be minimized. The 3-D Structure Mode combines single-pass interferometry and fully polarimetric operation, in order to measure vertical structures and their variation using tomography.