Smart Multi-Aperture Radar Techniques for Spaceborne Remote Sensing

Author

Younis, Marwan ; Bordoni, Federica ; Gebert, Nicolas ; Krieger, Gerhard

Author_Institution

Microwaves & Radar Inst., German Aerosp. Center (DLR), Wessling

Volume

3

fYear

2008

fDate

7-11 July 2008

Abstract

The paper deals with the performance of next generation SAR sensors, here referred to as SMART (Smart Multi Aperture Radar Techniques) equipped with digital beamforming capabilities. Apart from representing a technological jump, these sensors offer the flexibility of actually deciding on the (possibly hybrid) mode(s) of operation on-ground after the data have been acquired. The paper presents the performance of SMART system configurations and modes of operation for a digital beamforming SAR which covers a large swath with a high resolution.

Keywords

radar antennas; radar equipment; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; SMART system performance; Smart Multi-Aperture Radar Techniques; digital beamforming capabilities; spaceborne remote sensing; synthetic aperture radar sensors; Array signal processing; Azimuth; Bandwidth; Instruments; Intelligent sensors; Radar remote sensing; Remote sensing; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2008. IGARSS 2008. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2807-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2808-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779337

Filename

4779337