Microwave imaging of aircraft

Author

Steinberg, Bernard D.

Author_Institution

Moore Sch. of Electr. Eng., Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA

Volume

76

Issue

12

fYear

1988

fDate

12/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1578

Lastpage

1592

Abstract

Three methods of imaging aircraft from the ground with microwave radar with quality suitable for aircraft target recognition are described. The imaging methods are based on a self-calibration procedure called adaptive beamforming that compensates for the severe geometric distortion inherent in any imaging system that is large enough to achieve the high angular resolution necessary for two-dimensional target imaging. The signal processing algorithm is described and X-band (3-cm)-wavelength experiments demonstrate its success on commercial aircraft flying into Philadelphia International Airport.

Keywords

aircraft; microwave imaging; radar applications; 3 cm; Philadelphia International Airport; X-band; adaptive beamforming; aircraft; angular resolution; geometric distortion; imaging; microwave radar; self-calibration procedure; target recognition; two-dimensional target imaging; Airborne radar; Aircraft; Array signal processing; High-resolution imaging; Image resolution; Microwave imaging; Microwave theory and techniques; Radar imaging; Signal resolution; Target recognition;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/5.16351

Filename

16351