F-SAR — DLR´s new multifrequency polarimetric airborne SAR

Author

Horn, Ralf ; Nottensteiner, Anton ; Reigber, Andreas ; Fischer, Jens ; Scheiber, Rolf

Author_Institution

Microwaves & Radar Inst., German Aerosp. Center (DLR), Wessling, Germany

Volume

2

fYear

2009

fDate

12-17 July 2009

Abstract

The Microwaves and Radar Institute of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is known for consistent work on the field of airborne synthetic aperture radar and its application. In April 2008 the 20th anniversary of the maiden flight of the well-known E-SAR system was celebrated. E-SAR has been maintained well over the time. It provided valuable knowledge to the science community, especially in the past 10 years. However, it became more and more obvious that a technological renewal was inevitable. Consequently the development of a new SAR system was put on line under the name `F-SAR´.

Keywords

airborne radar; geophysical techniques; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; E-SAR system; F-SAR system; airborne synthetic aperture radar; multifrequency polarimetric airborne SAR; Airborne radar; Aircraft; Bandwidth; Control systems; Polarization; Radar applications; Radar polarimetry; Radio frequency; Signal resolution; Synthetic aperture radar; Airborne SAR; E-SAR; F-SAR;

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.2009.5418244

Filename

5418244