Results from an airship-mounted ultra-wideband synthetic aperture radar for penetrating surveillance

Author

Qian, Song ; Han-hua, Zhang ; Fu-lai, Liang ; Yang-huan, Li ; Zhi-min, Zhou

Author_Institution

UWB Lab., Nat. Univ. of Defense Technol., Changsha, China

fYear

2011

fDate

26-30 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

An airship-mounted synthetic aperture radar system for surveillance of minefields or foliage-covered targets is presented. The system consists of airship platform, light-weight low-frequency ultra-wideband radar with real-time processing capability, ground station and GPS/INS sensors. Stepped-frequency gated-wave signal is adopted to achieve short range operation and ultra-wideband signal generation. Modified back-projection imaging algorithm is used to compensating intra-pulse Doppler Effect and motion errors. The experimental results show the effectiveness of the system for minefield surveillance.

Keywords

airborne radar; search radar; surveillance; synthetic aperture radar; weapons; airship platform; airship-mounted ultra wideband synthetic aperture radar; backprojection imaging algorithm; foliage-covered target; intra-pulse Doppler effect; minefield surveillance; motion errors; penetrating surveillance; stepped-frequency gated-wave signal; ultra-wideband signal generation; Antennas; Doppler effect; Image reconstruction; Image resolution; Landmine detection; Synthetic aperture radar; airship; minefield detection; penetrating surveillance; synthetic aperture radar; ultra-wideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Synthetic Aperture Radar (APSAR), 2011 3rd International Asia-Pacific Conference on

Conference_Location

Seoul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1351-4

Type

conf

Filename

6087025