Title :
Foliage penetration experiment
Abstract :
This series papers describes analyses of a foliage penetration experiment undertaken by MIT Lincoln Laboratory to assess the ability of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) to detect targets under trees. Data were taken using the NASA/JPL UHF, L-, C-band fully polarimetric SAR over a forested area in Maine in July 1990. Future experiments are planned to measure the polarimetric properties of clutter and targets using the latest ultrawideband sensors with submeter resolutions and fully polarimetric data collection capabilities.
Keywords :
radar clutter; radar imaging; radar polarimetry; radar target recognition; synthetic aperture radar; C-band; L-band; UHF; clutter; data collection capabilities; foliage penetration experiment; fully polarimetric SAR; polarimetric properties; submeter resolutions; synthetic aperture radar; target detection; ultrawideband sensors; Attenuation; Buried object detection; Image resolution; Laboratories; NASA; Object detection; Radar detection; Radar imaging; Statistics; Synthetic aperture radar; UHF measurements; Ultra wideband technology;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
