Title :
The UK NERC fully portable polarimetric ground-based synthetic aperture radar (GB-SAR)
Author :
Bennett, J.C. ; Morrison, K. ; Race, A.M. ; Cookmartin, G. ; Quegan, S.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Earth Obs. Sci., Sheffield Univ., UK
Abstract :
A novel, fully portable, ground-based polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (GB-SAR) is described. The system is to be used to investigate radar backscatter from soils and vegetation canopies, so providing fundamental support for the use of radar in environmental science applications. A summary of the configuration of the instrument is provided, including detail of the hardware employed in its construction. The data processing procedures are presented, together with a summary of the system operating parameters. Finally, SAR imagery is presented to demonstrate the performance of the instrument in an outdoor environment
Keywords :
geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; radar equipment; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; GB-SAR; NERC; SAR; UK; data processing; equipment; geophysical measurement technique; ground truth; instrument; land surface; portable polarimetric ground-based radar; radar backscatter; radar polarimetry; radar scattering; soils; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; vegetation canopy; vegetation mapping; Backscatter; Data processing; Hardware; Instruments; Polarimetric synthetic aperture radar; Radar applications; Radar imaging; Radar polarimetry; Soil; Vegetation mapping;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6359-0
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2000.858393
