Satellite and airborne SAR simulator

Author

Horrell, J.M. ; Inggs, M.R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Cape Town Univ., South Africa

fYear

1993

fDate

34187

Firstpage

193

Lastpage

198

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COMSIG.1993.365846

Filename

365846