Fusion of synthetic aperture radiometer and noise waveform SAR images

Noise waveform SAR generates 2D SAR images of a scene. Advanced radio-metric SAR imaging provides information on the objects thermal radiation, angular coordinates and even range. The brightness temperatures of rough and smooth surfaces are different. An active, noise waveform, operating mode of bistatic radiometer, based on antennae with beam synthesis, is considered with respect to the roughness criteria. The optimal and quasi-optimal algorithms for fusion of radiometric and SAR images are presented. The method suggested and results obtained may be used in environmental and security applications.