Detection of vessels in littoral waters in two-channel XWEAR SAR imagery

Author

Lukowski, Tom I.

Author_Institution

Defence R&D Canada - Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

fYear

2009

fDate

12-16 Oct. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

X-band Wideband Experimental Airborne Radar stripmap Synthetic Aperture Radar signal data of moving vessels in the St. Lawrence Seaway were acquired in a novel two-channel mode in 2007 and 2008. The data are combined and used in the two-channel interferometric mode for the development of a methodology to separate the images of vessels in littoral areas from the background. The first XWEAR interferometric stripmap images have been obtained and presented in this study.

Keywords

airborne radar; radar detection; radar imaging; radar interferometry; ships; synthetic aperture radar; St. Lawrence Seaway; X-band wideband experimental airborne radar stripmap synthetic aperture radar; interferometric stripmap images; littoral waters; synthetic aperture radar signal; two-channel XWEAR SAR imagery; two-channel interferometric mode; vessel detection; Airborne radar; Antennas and propagation; Azimuth; Interferometry; Marine vehicles; Oceans; Radar detection; Radar imaging; Research and development; Synthetic aperture radar; Moving Vessels; SAR; Ship Imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference - Surveillance for a Safer World, 2009. RADAR. International

Conference_Location

Bordeaux

Print_ISBN

978-2-912328-55-7

Type

conf

Filename

5438377