A ground-based parasitic SAR experiment

Author

Cazzani, Lisa ; Colesanti, Carlo ; Leva, Davide ; Nesti, Giuseppe ; Prati, Claudio ; Rocca, Fabio ; Tarchi, Dario

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Elettronica ed Inf., Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Volume

38

Issue

5

fYear

2000

fDate

9/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2132

Lastpage

2141

Abstract

The authors present the experimental test of a SAR system that uses a fixed ground-based receiver and, as an illuminator, a TV broadcasting satellite. The synthetic aperture is obtained by exploiting the small daily motion of the satellite. The spatial resolution and the link budget are also analyzed

Keywords

geophysical techniques; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; SAR; TV broadcasting satellite; fixed ground-based receiver; geophysical measurement technique; geosynchronous satellite; ground-based parasitic SAR; land surface; link budget; radar imaging; radar remote sensing; small daily motion; spaceborne method; spatial resolution; synthetic aperture radar; television broadcast; television satellite; terrain mapping; Costs; Extraterrestrial measurements; Focusing; Receiving antennas; Satellite broadcasting; Spatial resolution; Synthetic aperture radar; System testing; TV broadcasting; TV receivers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/36.868872

Filename

868872