Title :
Satellite and airborne SAR simulator
Author :
Horrell, J.M. ; Inggs, M.R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Cape Town Univ., South Africa
Abstract :
In the design and implementation of synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) processors, it is useful to have a test data base with which to test processing algorithms and investigate parameters such as the point spread function. Simulated SAR data provides such a controlled data base. This paper reports on the generation of airborne and satellite SAR data using a combination of home-grown C software and a commercial radar simulation package. Simulated SAR data is generated for a satellite system using the ALMAZ SAR parameters as well as for an airborne system using the E-SAR parameters. SAR images produced using the simulated data are presented
Keywords :
digital simulation; radar signal processing; satellite communication; software packages; synthetic aperture radar; telecommunication computing; ALMAZ SAR parameters; C software; E-SAR parameters; SAR images; SAR processors; airborne SAR simulator; airborne system; commercial radar simulation package; data base; point spread function; processing algorithms; satellite SAR simulator; simulated SAR data; synthetic-aperture radar; test data base; Cities and towns; Computational modeling; Computer aided engineering; Packaging; Radar imaging; Radar remote sensing; Satellites; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Signal Processing, 1993., Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE South African Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Jan Smuts Airport
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1292-9
DOI :
10.1109/COMSIG.1993.365846
