• DocumentCode
    2879375
  • Title

    Coherent sub-band combination and polarimetric calibration in very wideband low-frequency SAR

  • Author

    Hayward, S.D. ; Blake, A. ; Denton, J. ; Coe, D.

  • Author_Institution
    QinetiQ Ltd., Malvern, UK
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Abstract
    This paper presents trials results from the “Bright Sapphire” airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar, which operates in the VHF and UHF bands, from 200MHz to 1300MHz. Using data collected in Australia in 2012 polarimetric imagery has been formed at high resolution. Two key aspects of the processing chain are described in this paper, these being the coherent combination of data collected in multiple sub-bands and semi-blind polarimetric calibration.
  • Keywords
    radar polarimetry; radar resolution; synthetic aperture radar; UHF bands; VHF bands; bright sapphire airborne synthetic aperture radar; coherent sub-band combination; frequency 200 MHz to 1300 MHz; polarimetric calibration; polarimetric imagery; very wideband low-frequency SAR; Calibration; Image resolution; Radar imaging; Radar polarimetry; Scattering; Synthetic aperture radar; Low frequency radar; foliage penetration; polarimetric radar; synthetic aperture radar;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Radar Conference (RadarCon), 2015 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Arlington, VA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-8231-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RADAR.2015.7130984
  • Filename
    7130984