Swathbuckler-radar system and signal processing

Author

Damini, A. ; Parry, C. ; Haslam, G.E.

Author_Institution

Radar Syst., Defence Res. & Dev., Ottawa, Ont., Canada

fYear

2006

fDate

24-27 April 2006

Abstract

Swathbuckler is a multinational initiative to research, build and test an extremely wide swath synthetic aperture radar imaging system. Contributions to the project came from AFRL Rome New York USA (high performance computer (HPC) implementation and Joint Battlespace Infosphere (JBI)), DSTL Malvern UK (high speed data capture and distribution processor (HSDCDP)), and DRDC Ottawa Canada (experimental radar testbed, signal processing algorithm design and test aircraft). This paper describes the Canadian contribution to the Swathbuckler experiment. Particular emphasis is placed on the architecture of the experimental airborne radar and the high-level design of the motion compensation and signal processing algorithms. Companion papers provide a complete Swathbuckler overview, details on the HSDCDP, details on the HPC implementation and the utilization of the JBI, and finally results from the flight tests in Ottawa.

Keywords

airborne radar; motion compensation; radar imaging; synthetic aperture radar; AFRL Rome; Canadian contribution; DRDC Ottawa Canada; DSTL Malvern UK; HPC implementation; HSDCDP; JBI; New York; Swathbuckler; USA; airborne radar; high-level design; motion compensation; radar system; signal processing algorithm; synthetic aperture radar imaging system; Airborne radar; Algorithm design and analysis; Distributed computing; High performance computing; Radar polarimetry; Radar signal processing; Signal design; Signal processing; Signal processing algorithms; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar, 2006 IEEE Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9496-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RADAR.2006.1631771

Filename

1631771