IFSAR for the rapid terrain visualization demonstration

Author

Burns, Bryan L. ; Eichel, Paul H. ; Hensley, William H. ; Kim, Theodore J.

Author_Institution

Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

Oct. 29 2000-Nov. 1 2000

Firstpage

8

Abstract

The Rapid Terrain Visualization Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (RTV-ACTD) is designed to "demonstrate the technologies and infrastructure to meet the Army requirement for rapid generation of digital topographic data to support emerging crisis or contingencies". The primary sensor for this mission is an interferometric synthetic aperture radar (IFSAR) designed at Sandia National Laboratories. This paper will outline the design of the system and its performance, and show some flight test results. The RTV IFSAR will meet DTED level III and IV specifications by using a multiple-baseline design and high-accuracy differential and carrier-phase GPS navigation. It includes innovative near-real-time DEM production on-board the aircraft. The system is being flown on a deHavilland DHC-7 Army aircraft.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; aircraft instrumentation; aircraft testing; data visualisation; image resolution; military aircraft; military radar; radar imaging; radar resolution; radiowave interferometry; synthetic aperture radar; Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration; DTED level III specifications; DTED level IV specifications; IFSAR; RTV IFSAR; SAR imagery; Sandia National Laboratories; US Army; ambiguity resolution; carrier-phase GPS navigation; deHavilland DHC-7 Army aircraft; differential GPS navigation; digital topographic data generation; flight test results; infrastructure; interferometric signal processing; interferometric synthetic aperture radar; multiple-baseline design; near-real-time DEM production; rapid terrain visualization demonstration; system performance; Aircraft navigation; Data visualization; Global Positioning System; Laboratories; Level measurement; Military aircraft; Production; Synthetic aperture radar interferometry; System testing; Terrain mapping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signals, Systems and Computers, 2000. Conference Record of the Thirty-Fourth Asilomar Conference on

Conference_Location

Pacific Grove, CA, USA

ISSN

1058-6393

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6514-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ACSSC.2000.910909

Filename

910909