iSAR: a multispectral, polarimetric airborne SAR system

Author

Inggs, M.R. ; Horrel, J. ; Knight, A. ; Koeppen, P.

Author_Institution

Radar Remote Sensing Group, Cape Town Univ., Rondebosch, South Africa

Volume

4

fYear

1994

fDate

8-12 Aug 1994

Firstpage

2237

Abstract

A modular, four channel SAR system is being developed in South Africa, for flight testing at the end of 1995. The normal configuration will be dual frequency, dual polarisation: interferometric operation is also planned as another mode. Included in the system is a transputer network, which has a dual function as quicklook processor, as well as image post-processor. The system is aimed at geological and environmental applications, which has resulted in C and VHF bands being selected for transceiver operation

Keywords

airborne radar; geophysical equipment; geophysical signal processing; geophysical techniques; radar applications; radar equipment; radar imaging; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; C-band SHF; SAR; South Africa; VHF; dual polarisation; equipment instrument; four channel SAR system; geology; geophysical measurement technique; iSAR; image post-processor; image processing; interferometric operation; land surface; multispectral radar; polarimetric airborne SAR; quicklook processor; radar imaging; radar remote sensing; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; transputer network; Africa; Frequency; Geologic measurements; Geology; Hardware; Radar imaging; Software prototyping; System testing; Transceivers; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International

Conference_Location

Pasadena, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1497-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399702

Filename

399702