Influence of mechanical antenna distortions on the performance of the HRWS SAR system

Author

Ossowska, Alicja ; Kim, Jung Hyo ; Wiesbeck, Werner

fYear

2007

fDate

23-28 July 2007

Firstpage

2152

Lastpage

2155

Abstract

High-Resolution Wide-Swath (HRWS) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is a multi-static spaceborne Radar. The performance of the Radar system is improved by the mean of DBF on receive in azimuth and in elevation. This requires an relieve antenna array with large number of elements. In this paper the performance of large antenna array under the influence of plane distortions is analyzed. Presented is the influence on the array factor of symmetrical, unsymmetrical and random mechnical distortion. The paper considers also the influence on the performance of the antenna distortion on the High-Resolution Wide-Swath (HRWS) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) in elevation.

Keywords

antenna arrays; distortion; radar antennas; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; DBF; HRWS SAR system; high-resolution wide-swath synthetic aperture radar; large antenna array; mechanical antenna distortions; multistatic spaceborne radar; plane distortions; Antenna arrays; Aperture antennas; Azimuth; Delay estimation; Radar antennas; Radar imaging; Receiving antennas; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar; Transmitting antennas;

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.2007.4423260

Filename

4423260