Title :
Initial results of a low-cost SAR: YINSAR
Author :
LUNDGREEN, Richard B. ; THOMPSON, Douglas G. ; Arnold, David V. ; Long, David G. ; MINER, Gayle F.
Author_Institution :
MERS Lab., Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT, USA
Abstract :
Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is being widely used in a variety of studies. High instrument purchase and operation costs remain a limiting factor in SAR technology. The authors have developed a compact, low-cost interferometric SAR system known as YINSAR which flies on a small aircraft. YINSAR operates at 9.9 GHz with a 200 MHz bandwidth. This paper presents recent results from YINSAR test flights. Sample images and a brief analysis of the effective resolution are presented
Keywords :
airborne radar; geophysical techniques; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; 9.9 GHz; INSAR; SAR; SHF; YINSAR; airborne radar; geophsical measurement technique; interferometric SAR; land surface; low-cost; radar remote sensing; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; Aircraft; Azimuth; Bandwidth; Chirp; Costs; Directive antennas; Instruments; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6359-0
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2000.860330
