High resolution 3-D radar imaging

Author

Currie, A. ; Baker, C.J. ; Bullock, R. ; Edwards, R. ; Griffiths, H.D.

Author_Institution

DRA, Malvern, UK

fYear

1995

fDate

8-11 May 1995

Firstpage

468

Lastpage

472

Abstract

This paper considers the generation of three-dimensional imagery from a single-pass airborne SAR interferometer. Defining equations are given, together with an analysis of the sensitivity of target height estimation to errors in knowledge of system parameters. This allows identification of key parameters to be made with a view to reducing the effects of turbulent aircraft motions on the resulting 3-D SAR image. Finally, initial results obtained with the DRA C-band interferometric SAR are presented

Keywords

airborne radar; image resolution; parameter estimation; radar imaging; radiowave interferometers; sensitivity analysis; synthetic aperture radar; 3-D SAR image; DRA C-band interferometric SAR; equations; high resolution 3-D radar imaging; parameter identification; sensitivity analysis; single-pass airborne SAR interferometer; system parameters; target height estimation; three-dimensional imagery generation; turbulent aircraft motions; Antenna measurements; Image resolution; Layout; Phase measurement; Polarization; Radar antennas; Radar imaging; Sea measurements; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference, 1995., Record of the IEEE 1995 International

Conference_Location

Alexandria, VA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2121-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RADAR.1995.522593

Filename

522593