MEMPHIS-a fully polarimetric experimental radar

Author

Schimpf, H. ; Essen, H. ; Boehmsdorff, S. ; Brehm, T.

Author_Institution

FGAN Forschungsinstitut fur Hochfrequenzphysik und Radartechnik (FHR), Wachtberg, Germany

Volume

3

fYear

2002

fDate

24-28 June 2002

Firstpage

1714

Abstract

The MEMPHIS polarimetric SAR is able to operate simultaneously at X-, Kaand W-band. After a detailed technical description, several examples are given to demonstrate its capabilities in the side-looking mode, in forward squinted Doppler beam sharpenung (DBS) mode and with across-track interferometry. Of great importance is the polarimetric calibration which is described in some detail.

Keywords

calibration; geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; 5 to 36 GHz; 75 to 110 GHz; EHF; InSAR; Ka-band; MEMPHIS; SHF; W-band; X-band; across-track interferometry; calibration; forward squinted Doppler beam sharpening mode; geophysical measurement technique; land surface; polarimetric SAR; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; side-looking mode; synthetic aperture radar; technical description; terrain mapping; Calibration; Chirp; Frequency; Polarization; Radar antennas; Radar polarimetry; Receiving antennas; Satellite broadcasting; 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.2002.1026230

Filename

1026230