Title :
YINSAR: a compact, low-cost interferometric synthetic aperture radar
Author :
THOMPSON, Douglas G. ; Arnold, David V. ; Long, David G.
Author_Institution :
Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT, USA
Abstract :
Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) has proven useful for many different applications. Many more applications would be possible with a low-cost instrument. To address this need, BYU has developed its interferometric SAR, YINSAR. This compact, low-cost system is operated from a four passenger aircraft. This paper reports the current status of YINSAR. The system operation and instrument platform are described in detail. The motion measurements and their statistics are discussed
Keywords :
airborne radar; geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; BYU; Brigham Young University; InSAR; SAR; YINSAR; airborne radar; geophysical measurement technique; instrument; interferometric SAR; land surface; low-cost; radar remote sensing; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; Aircraft; Computer interfaces; Control systems; Costs; Instruments; Motion measurement; Portable computers; Radio frequency; Synthetic aperture radar; Synthetic aperture radar interferometry;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International
Conference_Location :
Hamburg
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5207-6
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1999.773577
