Sub-surface object sensing with multi-frequency microwave radiometry

Author

Wiggins, D. ; Kim, H. ; Cheon, Y. ; Johnson, J.T.

Author_Institution

Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

331

Abstract

Previous modeling studies have indicated that a multi-frequency radiometer could prove advantageous for shallow, sub-surface object sensing due to the oscillatory patterns in brightness temperature versus frequency that would be observed in the presence of a sub-surface object. Initial experimental results are reported in this paper from a multi-frequency radiometer system operating in the 2.1-6.5 GHz band. Measured brightnesses with sub-surface metallic and styrofoam targets are provided that demonstrate the predicted oscillatory behavior.

Keywords

buried object detection; geophysical techniques; radiometry; remote sensing; terrain mapping; terrestrial electricity; 2.1 to 6.5 GHz; SHF; UHF; buried object detection; geoelectric method; geophysical measurement technique; land surface; model; multi-frequency radiometer; multifrequency microwave radiometry; oscillatory behavior; oscillatory patterns; remote sensing; subsurface object sensing; terrain mapping; terrestrial electricity; Antenna measurements; Brightness temperature; Calibration; Dielectric measurements; Frequency measurement; Geophysical measurements; Microwave radiometry; Predictive models; Radiofrequency interference; Solid modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7536-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1025030

Filename

1025030