Lynx: a high-resolution synthetic aperture radar

Author

Tsunoda, S.I. ; Pace, F. ; Stence, J. ; Woodring, M. ; Hensley, W.H. ; Doerry, A.W. ; Walker, B.C.

Author_Institution

Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA

Volume

5

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

51

Abstract

Lynx is a high resolution, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) that was designed and built by Sandia National Laboratories in collaboration with General Atomics (GA). The Lynx production weight is less than 120 lb. and has a slant range of 30 km moderate rain (4 mm/hr). It has operator selectable resolution and is capable of 0.1 m resolution in spotlight mode and 0.3 m resolution in stripmap mode. In ground moving target indicator mode, the minimum detectable velocity is 6 knots with a minimum target cross-section of 10 dBsm. In coherent change detection mode, Lynx makes registered, complex image comparisons either of 01 m resolution (minimum) spotlight images or of 0.3 m resolution (minimum) strip images. The Lynx user interface features a view manager that allows it to pan and zoom like a video camera

Keywords

CCD image sensors; airborne radar; radar imaging; rain; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; 0.1 m resolution; 0.3 m resolution; 120 lb; 30 km moderate rain; General Atomics; Lynx; Lynx user interface; SAR; Sandia National Laboratories; coherent change detection mode; complex image comparisons; flight test; ground moving target indicator mode; high-resolution synthetic aperture radar; microwave range; minimum detectable velocity; selectable resolution; spotlight images; spotlight mode; stripmap mode; view manager; Cameras; Charge coupled devices; Image resolution; Laboratories; Manufacturing; Radar detection; Strips; Synthetic aperture radar; Unmanned aerial vehicles; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference Proceedings, 2000 IEEE

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

ISSN

1095-323X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5846-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2000.878471

Filename

878471