Progress report on the NASA/JPL airborne synthetic aperture radar system

Author

Lou, Y. ; Imel, D.A. ; Chu, A. ; Miller, T.W. ; Moller, D. ; Skotnicki, W.

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

5

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

2046

Abstract

AIRSAR has served as a test-bed for both imaging radar techniques and radar technologies for over a decade. In fact, the polarimetric, cross-track interferometric, and along-track interferometric radar techniques were all developed using AIRSAR. In this paper, we present the up-to-date system configuration and expected performance in the standard radar modes. In addition, we describe the various experimental modes available to researchers. Finally, we discuss on-going improvements with AIRSAR and future direction of the program

Keywords

geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; AIRSAR; AirSAR; InSAR; SAR; along track interferometry; cross track interferometry; equipment; geophysical measurement technique; improvements; instrument; land surface; performance; program; progress report; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; system configuration; terrain mapping; Chirp; Frequency; Global Positioning System; Laboratories; NASA; Radar antennas; Radar imaging; Radar polarimetry; Space technology; Synthetic aperture radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7031-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2001.977898

Filename

977898