Radar Signature Analysis of Urban Structures

Author

Peichl, Markus ; Kempf, Timo ; Dill, Stephan

Author_Institution

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

Volume

5

fYear

2008

fDate

7-11 July 2008

Abstract

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) measurements of urban structures provide a challenge for data interpretation. In fact the basic mechanism of the reflection and scattering behavior has to be understood in very much detail. Theoretical models exist and can be used, but experimental data from a controlled environment are rather sparsely available. In this paper the construction of a well-defined wall structure is presented and corresponding radar measurements are illustrated. The results are discussed with respect to theoretical expectations.

Keywords

geophysical signal processing; radar signal processing; synthetic aperture radar; SAR signature analysis; Synthetic Aperture Radar measurements; data interpretation; reflection behavior; scattering behavior; urban structures; wall structure; Azimuth; Buildings; Dielectrics; High-resolution imaging; Radar cross section; Radar imaging; Radar measurements; Radar scattering; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar; RCS; SAR; urban structures; walls;

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.2008.4780144

Filename

4780144