Title :
Investigations on a new high resolution wide swath SAR concept
Author :
Heer, Christoph ; Soualle, Francis ; Zahn, Rolf ; Reber, Rolf
Author_Institution :
Microwave instruments, Astrium GmbH, Friedrichshafen, Germany
Abstract :
This paper investigates a specific application of digital beamforming in order to provide new class of SAR instruments offering high resolution, wide swath and continuous coverage.
Keywords :
array signal processing; geophysical signal processing; geophysical techniques; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; along track direction; antenna physical dimensions; continuous coverage; digital beamforming; high resolution SAR; monostatic SAR instruments; swath width; synthetic aperture radar; wide swath SAR; Array signal processing; Azimuth; Chirp; Instruments; Radar antennas; Radar signal processing; Radar tracking; Receiving antennas; Signal resolution; Transmitting antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7929-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1293829
