A lightweight, ultra wideband polarimetric W-band radar with high resolution for environmental applications

Author

Holliday, Richard ; Rhys-Roberts, Matt ; Wynn, Duncan A.

Author_Institution

Barons Cross Labs., Q-par Angus Ltd., Leominster

fYear

2006

fDate

13-15 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

194

Lastpage

197

Abstract

A lightweight, ultra wideband (UWB), polarimetric millimetre wave 94 GHz radar with high resolution is described for environmental and other short range applications. UWB and random signal W-band radar technologies are combined with polarimetric and super-resolution processing techniques to provide a compact remote sensing capability that is man-portable. An all-weather capability is provided for accurate and high resolution measurement of the physical size, relative distance, bearing, altitude, direction, velocity and classification of stationary and moving objects at ranges of less than 10 km. Attributed information relating to the sensed environment such as local surface features, water depth, terrain topology and object classification is derived from remote millimetre wave radar measurements including polarization

Keywords

electromagnetic wave polarisation; millimetre wave measurement; radar polarimetry; radar resolution; remote sensing by radar; ultra wideband radar; UWB; environmental application; lightweight radar; polarimetric millimetre wave radar; polarization; random signal W-band radar; remote sensing; super-resolution processing technique; ultra wideband; Millimeter wave technology; Radar applications; Radar polarimetry; Radar remote sensing; Radar signal processing; Remote sensing; Signal processing; Signal resolution; Ultra wideband radar; Ultra wideband technology; binary random phase coding; millimetre wave; polarisation; radar; random signal radar; super-resolution; ultra-wideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference, 2006. EuRAD 2006. 3rd European

Conference_Location

Manchester

Print_ISBN

2-9600551-7-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EURAD.2006.280307

Filename

4058291