Title :
Developing SAR for small aircrafts in Ukraine
Author :
Vavriv, Dmytro M. ; Bezvesilniy, Oleksandr O.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Radio Astron., Nat. Acad. of Sci. of Ukraine, Kharkov, Ukraine
Abstract :
A review is given on the recent development of cost-effective SAR systems for small aircrafts in Ukraine. The costs have been substantially reduced due to the introduction of original software solutions. These solutions have enabled to simplify radically the navigation system and to produce geometrically correct SAR images. A technique for 3D imaging with a single-antenna, squint-mode SAR has also been proposed. The efficiency of the solutions has been confirmed with Ku- and X-band SAR systems.
Keywords :
aircraft; aircraft antennas; radar antennas; radar imaging; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; 3D imaging; Ku-band SAR system; SAR images; Ukraine; X-band SAR system; aircrafts; navigation system; single-antenna; software solution; squint-mode SAR; Aircraft; Aircraft navigation; Antennas; Doppler effect; Surfaces; Synthetic aperture radar; Three dimensional displays; Airborne radar; radar applications; radar imaging; surface topography; synthetic aperture radar;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest (MTT), 2011 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-754-2
Electronic_ISBN :
0149-645X
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2011.5972630
