Design and applications of airborne radars in the VHF/UHF band

Author

Vickers, Roger S.

Volume

17

Issue

6

fYear

2002

fDate

6/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

26

Lastpage

29

Abstract

The simultaneous need for ground penetration and high resolution dictates the use of frequencies less than 500 MHz for imaging ground penetrating radar (GPR) designs. It is possible to build such systems with good performance and yet not interfere with ground installations operating in the same bands. The total number of airborne GPR systems needed to saturate the market is small, (possibly less than ten), and so the buildup of noise in this spectral region occupied by these radars will be negligible. This is fortunate, since there is a clear need for such radars in such areas as humanitarian demining and unexploded ordnance (UXO) mapping. Some formal set of guidelines is needed beyond that given in Part 15 of the FCC regulations, which both recognizes the need for airborne UWB radar operations, and still protects licensed users in the band

Keywords

airborne radar; buried object detection; electromagnetic interference; radar applications; radar imaging; radar resolution; synthetic aperture radar; 500 MHz; EMI; SAR; UHF band; UWB radar operations; VHF band; airborne radar systems; ground penetrating radar; high resolution; humanitarian demining; imaging GPR designs; ultrawideband radars; unexploded ordnance mapping; Airborne radar; Frequency; Ground penetrating radar; Ice; Radar antennas; Radar applications; Radar detection; Radar imaging; Soil; Ultra wideband radar;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MAES.2002.1010118

Filename

1010118