The GeoSAR airborne mapping system

Author

Wheeler, Kevin ; Hensley, Scott

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

831

Lastpage

835

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of the GeoSAR radar hardware and processor structure. An example DEM is also shown to demonstrate the capability of the X-band radar. This imaging system was designed to be a robust and automated mapping system. Test flights are flown to verify the flight planning software and the automatic radar controller that automates the radar operations. Phase III of the project includes the completion of instrument testing, automation and calibration, system level analysis of phase unwrapping and motion compensation effects on terrain mapping performance, and long wavelength foliage penetration studies

Keywords

airborne radar; calibration; controllers; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; terrain mapping; DEM; GeoSAR; X-band radar; airborne mapping system; automatic radar controller; automation; calibration; flight planning software; instrument testing; long wavelength foliage penetration; motion compensation; phase unwrapping; radar imaging; radar processor; system level analysis; terrain mapping performance; Automatic control; Automatic testing; Automation; Hardware; Instruments; Radar imaging; Robustness; Software testing; System testing; Terrain mapping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference, 2000. The Record of the IEEE 2000 International

Conference_Location

Alexandria, VA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5776-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RADAR.2000.851943

Filename

851943