• DocumentCode
    1555755
  • Title

    Radar measurement of L-band signal fluctuations caused by propagation through trees

  • Author

    Durden, Stephen L. ; Klein, Jeffrey D. ; Zebker, Howard A.

  • Author_Institution
    Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
  • Volume
    39
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1991
  • fDate
    10/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1537
  • Lastpage
    1539
  • Abstract
    Fluctuations of an L-band, horizontally polarized signal that was transmitted from the ground through a coniferous forest canopy to an airborne radar are examined. The azimuth synthetic aperture radar (SAR) impulse response in the presence of the measured magnitude fluctuations shows increased sidelobes over the case with no trees. Statistics of the observed fluctuations are similar to other observations
  • Keywords
    fading; radar applications; radiowave propagation; remote sensing by radar; L-band signal fluctuations; SAR impulse response; airborne radar; azimuth synthetic aperture radar; coniferous forest canopy; fading; horizontally polarized signal; radiowave propagation; trees; Airborne radar; Aircraft; Fluctuations; Frequency; L-band; Radar antennas; Radar measurements; Radar remote sensing; Space technology; Transmitters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-926X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/8.97388
  • Filename
    97388