Title :
Development of a compact S-band SAR for earth resource monitoring
Author :
Chan Yee-Kit ; Koo Voon-Chet ; Ewe Hong-Tat ; Chuah Hean-Teik
Author_Institution :
Multimedia Univ., Cyberjaya, Malaysia
Abstract :
The design and development of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is one of the focused research areas in Malaysia since early 2000s. The main objective of this research is to develop an all-weather instrument for earth resource monitoring in Malaysia. The first SAR sensor developed was a C-band (5.3 GHz) SAR mounted on a small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) [1]. In 2013, a new SAR sensor operating at S-band (3.125 GHz) frequency has been developed for earth resource monitoring. It is an enhanced version of the former C-band SAR sensor, with 1.5 m spatial resolution and onboard SAR processing capabilities. This paper presents the design and development of the new S-band SAR system and its preliminary test results for remote sensing applications.
Keywords :
autonomous aerial vehicles; geophysical equipment; remote sensing; synthetic aperture radar; AD 2000; C-band SAR; Earth resource monitoring; Malaysia research area; S-band SAR system design; S-band SAR system development; S-band frequency operation; SAR design; SAR development; Synthetic Aperture Radar; UAV; all-weather instrument; compact S-band SAR development; enhanced C-band SAR sensor version; onboard SAR processing capability; remote sensing application; small unmanned aerial vehicle; spatial resolution; Data acquisition; Earth; Field programmable gate arrays; Monitoring; Real-time systems; Remote sensing; Synthetic aperture radar; Compact Design; FPGA; S-band; SAR; UAV;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2014 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Quebec City, QC
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6947011
