SETHI, the ONERA airborne SAR sensor, and his low frequency capability

Author

Angelliaume, S. ; Dubois-Fernandez, P. ; Dreuillet, Ph. ; Oriot, Helene ; Coulombeix, C.

Author_Institution

Electromagn. & Radar Dept., ONERA, Salon Air, France

Volume

4

fYear

2009

fDate

12-17 July 2009

Abstract

SETHI is the airborne SAR system developed by the ONERA, the French Aerospace Lab dedicated to civilian application. This new SAR system was designed to explore the science applications of radar remote sensing; it can operate over a wide range of frequency bands (X, L and UHF/VHF) and it has polarimetric and interferometric capabilities. In this paper, we will more specifically illustrate the low frequency capability of this new airborne SAR system and provide some results obtained with the system.

Keywords

airborne radar; radar interferometry; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; French Aerospace Lab; L band remote sensing; ONERA airborne SAR sensor; SETHI; UHF remote sensing; VHFb remote sensing; X band remote sensing; interferometric capabilities; low frequency capability; polarimetric capabilities; radar remote sensing; Anechoic chambers; Antenna measurements; Azimuth; Bandwidth; Calibration; Electromagnetic measurements; Frequency; Radar remote sensing; Synthetic aperture radar; UHF measurements; Low frequency; UHF/VHF; airborne SAR; archeology; calibration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium,2009 IEEE International,IGARSS 2009

Conference_Location

Cape Town

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3394-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3395-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5417343

Filename

5417343