ScanSAR and Precision Processor implementation at the Alaska SAR Facility

Author

Cheng, T. ; Leung, K. ; Jin, M. ; Chu, E.

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

34881

fDate

10-14 Jul1995

Firstpage

2302

Abstract

Summarizes the algorithm and hardware selection phases of the ScanSAR Processor (SSP) and Precision Processor (PP) implementation task for the Alaska SAR Facility (ASF). The SSP is being designed to specifically process RADARSAT ScanSAR mode SAR data while the PP is being designed to produce high precision image products from continuous mode SAR data from RADARSAT as well as ERS-1,2 and JERS-1. This paper describes the algorithms selected for the SSP and the PP; and reports on the hardware selection process in arriving at the target computing platform for these processors

Keywords

geophysical equipment; geophysical signal processing; geophysical techniques; image processing equipment; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; signal processing equipment; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; ASF; Alaska SAR Facility; ERS-1; ERS-2; JERS-1; Precision Processor; RADARSAT; SAR imaging; SHF; ScanSAR Processor; algorithm; geophysical measurement technique; hardware selection phase; image processing; land surface; microwave radar; radar remote sensing; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; Application specific processors; Chirp; Downlink; Hardware; Laboratories; Pixel; Process design; Propulsion; Satellites; Tin;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International

Conference_Location

Firenze

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2567-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1995.524177

Filename

524177