Phase and temporal synchronization in bistatic SAR systems using sources of opportunity

Author

López-Dekker, Paco ; Mallorqui, Jordi J. ; Serra-Morales, Pau ; Sanz-Marcos, Jesus

Author_Institution

Univ. Polytech. de Catalunya, Barcelona

fYear

2007

fDate

23-28 July 2007

Firstpage

97

Lastpage

100

Abstract

This paper discusses temporal and phase synchronization in SABRINA, a bistatic system that uses ENVISAT and ERS-2 as transmitters of opportunity. Phase synchronization and pulse alignment is achieved using a dedicated channel that receives a clean signal directly from the satellite. It is studied how to temporally align the acquired data with the satellite orbit using the apparent range migration history.

Keywords

artificial satellites; geophysical equipment; phase measurement; radar signal processing; synchronisation; synthetic aperture radar; time measurement; ENVISAT; ERS-2; SABRINA; apparent range migration history; bistatic SAR systems; opportunity transmitters; phase synchronization; pulse alignment; temporal data alignment; temporal synchronization; Bistatic radar; Frequency synchronization; Geometry; History; Oscillators; Phase noise; Remote sensing; Satellites; Spaceborne radar; Transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1211-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1212-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4422739

Filename

4422739