Title :
A high fidelity ground to air imaging radar system
Author :
Goodman, Ron ; Nagy, Walter ; Wilhelm, Joseph ; Crippen, Susan
Author_Institution :
Environ. Res. Inst. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
Fine resolution radar imagery of airborne vehicles is useful in the development and maintenance of low observable (LO) aircraft. Such imagery can also characterize the radar signature of non-LO aircraft to aid in noncooperative target identification and recognition (NCTIR). A high performance ground-based inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) has been developed to image airborne targets, including LO aircraft. A unique feature of the ground-to-air imaging radar (GAIR) system is the ability to collect total radar cross section (TRCS) measurement data simultaneously with ISAR image data. The GAIR is a fully calibrated system, fully transportable, and capable of remote operation using mobile generator power
Keywords :
backscatter; ground support systems; image processing; radar cross-sections; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; ISAR; airborne targets; airborne vehicles; backscattering sources; calibrated system; fine resolution radar imagery; ground to air imaging radar system; image data; inverse synthetic aperture radar; low observable aircraft; measurement data; mobile generator power; noncooperative target identification and recognition; radar signature; remote operation; total radar cross section; transportable system; Airborne radar; Aircraft; Character recognition; High-resolution imaging; Image recognition; Image resolution; Radar cross section; Radar imaging; Target recognition; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference, 1994., Record of the 1994 IEEE National
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1438-7
DOI :
10.1109/NRC.1994.328093
