First airborne tests with the new VHF SAR CARABAS II

Author

Gustavsson, A. ; Flood, B. ; Frölind, P.O. ; Hellsten, H. ; Jonsson, T. ; Larsson, B. ; Stenström, G. ; Ulander, L.M.H.

Author_Institution

Defence Res. Establ., Linkoping, Sweden

Volume

3

fYear

1997

fDate

3-8 Aug 1997

Firstpage

1214

Abstract

The first airborne experiment with a new upgraded VHF SAR system was carried out in October 1996. A very flat island was selected as the test area to minimize the influence from the topography and facilitate the calibration and system analyses. Data acquired over the area with this new sensor, CARABAS II, have successfully been processed. The major problem encountered concerns large paired-echo sidelobes. To improve the image quality, a careful system analysis has been carried out to obtain correction coefficients for the signal processing to compensate the overall amplitude and phase ripple. The results presently available indicate resolution figures somewhat lower compared to the theoretical values. It is believed that the main explanation for the found performance degradation is insufficient information of the antenna characteristics and the measures currently taken for the radio frequency interference filtering

Keywords

airborne radar; geophysical techniques; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; 20 to 90 MHz; CARABAS II; SAR; VHF radar; airborne radar; airborne test; calibration; geophysical measurement technique; land surface; large paired-echo sidelobe; radar remote sensing; terrain mapping; Antenna measurements; Calibration; Degradation; Image analysis; Image quality; Signal analysis; Signal processing; Signal resolution; Surfaces; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 1997. IGARSS '97. Remote Sensing - A Scientific Vision for Sustainable Development., 1997 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3836-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1997.606401

Filename

606401