Title :
ISAR imaging of a small wind turbine
Author :
Li, Chenchen J. ; Shang-Te Yang ; Hao Ling
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
In this work, we carry out the inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) imaging of a wind turbine. ISAR is an established technique for examining the radar signatures of targets in relation to its geometrical features. ISAR imagery can often provide revealing information about the scattering phenomenology and any motion anomalies associated with the target. Summary form only given. The standard ISAR scenario assumes the target to be under constant rotational motion - which is already present in the relatively constant rotation of the turbine blades. Therefore, it is possible to collect the needed data from an operating wind turbine without any additional sensor movement.
Keywords :
radar imaging; synthetic aperture radar; wind turbines; ISAR imaging; constant rotational motion; geometrical features; inverse synthetic aperture radar; radar signatures; sensor movement; small wind turbine; turbine blades; Blades; Doppler radar; Imaging; Radar imaging; Radar measurements; Wind turbines;
Conference_Titel :
Radio Science Meeting (Joint with AP-S Symposium), 2014 USNC-URSI
Conference_Location :
Memphis, TN
DOI :
10.1109/USNC-URSI.2014.6955622