Title :
Status of the SASAR System
Author :
Inggs, Michael R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Cape Town Univ., Rondebosch, South Africa
Abstract :
The South African SAR System (SASAR) is planned to be a fully polarimetric, multifrequency SAR system. Due to budget constraints, only a single VHF sensor is currently under construction. This paper reports the status of the SASAR system, concentrating on the VHF subsystem. Trials of the VHF sensor are planned for the last quarter of 1996 on board a Boeing 707 aircraft of the South African Air Force
Keywords :
VHF devices; airborne radar; geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; radar equipment; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; SASAR System; South African SAR System; VHF radar; airborne radar; geophysical measurement technique; instrument; land surface; multifrequency SAR; radar equipment; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; terrain mapping; Africa; Aircraft manufacture; Cities and towns; Costs; Disk recording; Frequency; Military aircraft; Radar remote sensing; Radar tracking; Synthetic aperture radar;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1996. IGARSS '96. 'Remote Sensing for a Sustainable Future.', International
Conference_Location :
Lincoln, NE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3068-4
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1996.516829
