Bistatic ground-based passive SAR imaging using TerraSAR-X as an illuminator of opportunity

Author

Krysik, Piotr ; Maslikowski, Lukasz ; Samczynski, P. ; Kurowska, Anna

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electron. Syst., Warsaw Univ. of Technol., Warsaw, Poland

fYear

2013

fDate

9-12 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

39

Lastpage

42

Abstract

The paper presents an experiment with bistatic passive SAR imaging in a scenario involving the TerraSAR-X satellite as an illuminator of opportunity and a static, ground-based receiver. The experiment was performed during a measurement campaign carried out by the Warsaw University of Technology in July 2012. In the paper the design of an X-Band receiver system and the bistatic SAR processing used for imaging are described. Also the resultant images produced for different polarizations of transmitted waves are included.

Keywords

passive radar; radar imaging; radar receivers; synthetic aperture radar; TerraSAR-X satellite; Warsaw University of Technology; X-band receiver system; bistatic ground-based passive SAR imaging; ground-based receiver; illuminator; measurement campaign; opportunity; Chirp; Radar imaging; Receivers; Satellites; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar; TerraSAR-X; X-band; bistatic SAR; passive SAR;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar (Radar), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Adelaide, SA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5177-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RADAR.2013.6651956

Filename

6651956