Multi-channel SAR/MTI system development at FGAN: from AER to PAMIR

Author

Ender, Joachim H G ; Berens, Patrick ; Brenner, Andreas R. ; Rossing, L. ; Skupin, Ursula

Author_Institution

FGAN, Wachtberg, Germany

Volume

3

fYear

2002

fDate

24-28 June 2002

Firstpage

1697

Abstract

An experimental platform for various investigations on multifunctional SAR and MTI, a four channel airborne X-band SAR with an active phased array antenna has been built up at FGAN, called ´AER´ (airborne experimental radar). The system has been operating since 1995 via truck borne experiments and since 1996 via flight experiments. This system was useful in the past for evaluation of scientific work on several areas of signal and image processing. However, the demands to SAR systems increased over the last years. For this reason, FGAN is developing a new SAR system called PAMIR (phased array multifunctional imaging radar) as a successor of AER. PAMIR will offer a finer resolution, a longer range, a large scan flexibility and new modes compared to AER.

Keywords

geophysical techniques; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; AER; FGAN; MTI; PAMIR; SAR; X-band; active phased array antenna; geophysical measurement technique; land surface; multi channel SAR; multifunctional SAR; phased array multifunctional imaging radar; radar remote sensing; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; Airborne radar; Antenna arrays; Jamming; Phased arrays; Polarization; Radar imaging; Receiving antennas; Signal resolution; Synthetic aperture radar; Transmitting antennas;

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.2002.1026225

Filename

1026225