Title :
The staggered SAR concept: Imaging a wide continuous swath with high resolution
Author :
Villano, Michelangelo ; Krieger, Gerhard ; Moreira, Alberto
Author_Institution :
German Aerosp. Center (DLR), Microwaves & Radar Inst., Wessling, Germany
Abstract :
Staggered SAR is an innovative synthetic aperture radar (SAR) concept, based on the continuous variation of the pulse repetition interval (PRI). This concept allows high-resolution imaging of a wide continuous swath without the need for a long antenna with multiple apertures.
Keywords :
image resolution; radar imaging; radar resolution; synthetic aperture radar; PRI; continuous swath; continuous variation; high-resolution imaging; innovative synthetic aperture radar; pulse repetition interval; staggered SAR; Antennas; Azimuth; Image resolution; Interpolation; Radar imaging; Synthetic aperture radar;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Symposium (IRS), 2013 14th International
Conference_Location :
Dresden
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4821-8
