The SIVAM airborne SAR system

Author

Goulding, Martie M. ; Stevens, David R. ; Lim, Paul R.

Author_Institution

Airborne Syst. Program, MacDonald Dettwiler, Richmond, BC, Canada

Volume

6

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

2763

Abstract

In response to the significant task of mapping and monitoring the Amazon region, the System for Vigilance of the Amazon (SIVAM) program was initiated by the Brazilian government. One of the key elements of SIVAM is a group of three remote sensing aircraft, each equipped with a multi-mode synthetic aperture radar as the prime sensor. The SARs are extremely flexible and provide: multi-channel fully polarimetric SAR mapping modes, cross-track interferometric SAR modes, spotlight SAR, and wide area surveillance with ground moving target indicator (GMTI) capability

Keywords

airborne radar; geophysical equipment; radar equipment; radar imaging; radar polarimetry; radiowave interferometers; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; GMTI capability; SIVAM airborne SAR system; System for Vigilance of the Amazon; cross-track interferometric SAR modes; ground moving target indicator capability; mapping; monitoring; multi-channel fully polarimetric SAR mapping modes; multi-mode synthetic aperture radar; spotlight SAR; wide area surveillance; Airborne radar; Aircraft; Displays; Global Positioning System; L-band; Monitoring; Radar tracking; Satellite broadcasting; Strips; Target tracking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7031-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2001.978155

Filename

978155