Signal received by an airborne polarimetric bistatic radar observing the sea surface

Author

Airiau, O. ; Khenchaf, A.

Author_Institution

Lab. SEI, Nantes Univ., France

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

1446

Abstract

This paper deals with the simulation of the signal received by a polarimetric bistatic radar observing the sea surface. The radar is considered installed on aircraft or helicopters flying over the sea at a constant velocity. The authors present the modeling of the received signal as a function of time. They model completely the bistatic moving radiolink by taking into account the antennas radiation, the polarimetric behavior of the target and the mobiles velocity effect. In this application where the sea surface is considered as the target, its scattering behavior is calculated by using the two-scale model

Keywords

airborne radar; oceanographic techniques; radar cross-sections; radar polarimetry; radar theory; remote sensing by radar; airborne radar; antenna radiation; bistatic moving radiolink; bistatic radar; measurement technique; mobiles velocity effect; model; ocean; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; radar scattering; radar theory; sea surface; simulation; two-scale model; Aperture antennas; Bistatic radar; Electromagnetic scattering; Helicopters; Mobile antennas; Radar antennas; Radar polarimetry; Receiving antennas; Sea surface; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS '99 MTS/IEEE. Riding the Crest into the 21st Century

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5628-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.1999.800206

Filename

800206