Capabilities of the TELAER airborne SAR system upgraded to the multi-antenna mode

Author

Perna, Stefano ; Berardino, Paolo ; Britti, Filippo ; Cirillo, Ciro ; Esposito, Carmen ; Fornaro, Gianfranco ; Lubeck, Dieter ; Monaldi, Giulio ; Moreira, Joao ; Pauciullo, Antonio ; Trinca, Stefano ; Junior, Eurico Vaz ; Wimmer, Christian ; Zamparelli, V

Author_Institution

Inst. for Electromagn. Sensing of the Environ. (IREA), Naples, Italy

fYear

2012

fDate

22-27 July 2012

Firstpage

1545

Lastpage

1548

Abstract

This paper describes the capabilities of the TELAER X-Band airborne SAR system, which has been upgrading according to a Italian National Research Council (CNR) funding. Such a system upgrading consists first of all in the realization of a multi-antenna system able to carry out, simultaneously, Across-Track (XT) and Along-Track (AT) SAR Interferometry (InSAR). Moreover, the system upgrading is also aimed at improving the performances achievable in repeat-pass applications, such as Differential SAR Interferometry, (DInSAR), which require very precise measurement of the tracks described during the flight by the SAR antennas.

Keywords

geophysical equipment; radar antennas; radar interferometry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; CNR funding; Italian National Research Council; SAR antennas; TELAER X-band airborne SAR system; across-track SAR interferometry; along-track SAR interferometry; differential SAR interferometry; multiantenna mode; multiantenna system; Global Navigation Satellite Systems; Interferometry; Receiving antennas; Remote sensing; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar; Airborne SAR systems; Airborne along track interferometry; Airborne single-pass interferometry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Munich

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1160-1

Electronic_ISBN

2153-6996

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6351102

Filename

6351102