Effects of secondary antenna oscillations on X-SAR/SRTM performance

Author

Franceschetti, Giorgio ; Iodice, Antonio ; Maddaluno, Stefania ; Riccio, Daniele

Volume

5

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

2386

Abstract

A theoretical approach to the problem of SRTM mast bending is presented. Effects on final images and interferograms are qualitatively evaluated by theoretical analysis and quantitatively estimated by simulated SAR data

Keywords

geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; oscillations; radar antennas; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; satellite antennas; spaceborne radar; structural acoustics; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; topography (Earth); vibrations; C-band; InSAR; SAR; SHF; SRTM; Shuttle Radar Topography Mission; X-SAR; geophysical measurement technique; interferogram; land surface; mast bending; performance; radar antenna; radar imaging; radar remote sensing; satellite antenna; secondary antenna oscillation; spaceborne radar; spacecraft platform; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; theoretical analysis; theory; topography; Artificial intelligence; Azimuth; Directive antennas; Geometry; Layout; Reflectivity; Reflector antennas; Signal processing; Transmitting antennas; US Department of Transportation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International

Conference_Location

Hamburg

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5207-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1999.771518

Filename

771518