Ultra wide band synthetic aperture radar for the detection of mined areas

Author

Le Goff, M. ; Guillerey, R. ; Gallais, F. ; Andrieu, J. ; Beillard, B. ; Jecko, B.

Author_Institution

CELAR (DGA), Bruz, France

fYear

2002

fDate

15-17 Oct. 2002

Firstpage

526

Lastpage

530

Abstract

This article begins with a presentation of the concept of the ultra wide band (UWB) low frequency short pulse radar, its potential applications, advantages and limitations. To illustrate this, the article describes the work undertaken by the Centre Electronique de l´Armement (Defence Electronics Centre - CELAR) on the experimental UWB PULSAR radar for the detection of targets masked by vegetation and the measurement of clutter at low frequencies. Results of detection of mined areas are presented.

Keywords

landmine detection; radar detection; radar imaging; synthetic aperture radar; CELAR; Centre Electronique de l´Armement; Defence Electronics Centre; LF short pulse radar; UWB PULSAR radar; low frequencies; low frequency short pulse radar; mined areas detection; radar target detection; short pulse synthetic aperture radar; ultra wide band SAR; ultra wide band synthetic aperture radar; vegetation; Airborne radar; Clutter; Frequency; Radar applications; Radar countermeasures; Radar detection; Radar imaging; Synthetic aperture radar; Ultra wideband radar; Vegetation mapping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

RADAR 2002

Conference_Location

Edinburgh, UK

ISSN

0537-9989

Print_ISBN

0-85296-750-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RADAR.2002.1174774

Filename

1174774