Title :
The airborne X/L-band SAR system of CRL/NASDA: system description and preliminary results
Author :
Kobayashi, Tatsuharu ; Satake, Makoto ; Masuko, Harunobu ; Shimada, Masanobu ; Oaku, Hiromi ; Umehara, Toshihiko
Author_Institution :
Commun. Res. Lab., Minist. of Posts & Telecommun., Koganei, Japan
Abstract :
A new airborne multi-frequency Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) was developed by the Communications Research Laboratory (CRL) and National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA). This system observes the Earth´s surface by multi-frequency (L- and X-band), all polarization and high resolution radar. Furthermore the system has a topographic mapping function for X-band by a crosstrack interferometric SAR. In this report the authors describe their SAR system and preliminary results of the test flights
Keywords :
airborne radar; geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; radar equipment; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; topography (Earth); CRL; Japan; L-band; NASDA; SAR; SHF; UHF; X-band; airborne radar; all polarization radar; crosstrack interferometric SAR; equipment; geophysical measurement technique; high resolution radar; land surface; multifrequency radar; radar instrument; radar remote sensing; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; topographic mapping; Airplanes; Control systems; Earth; L-band; Microstrip antennas; Power generation; Receiving antennas; Surface topography; Synthetic aperture radar; Transmitting antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 1997. IGARSS '97. Remote Sensing - A Scientific Vision for Sustainable Development., 1997 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3836-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1997.606455
