Development of the NASDA Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (NASAR-1)

Author

Shimada, Masanobu ; Oaku, Hiromi ; Yamanashi, Masato

Author_Institution

Earth Obs. Res. Center, Nat. Space Dev. Agency of Japan, Tokyo, Japan

Volume

3

fYear

1996

fDate

27-31 May 1996

Firstpage

1636

Abstract

NASDA has been developing a full polarimetric L-band airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (NASDA Airborne SAR-1: NASAR-1) since the beginning of 1995, in order to establish the complementary system to calibrate the spaceborne SAR and to understand the backscattering characteristics of the targets in this frequency. NASAR-1 onboard Gulfstream II provides the high resolution images of 3 m×3 m for 20 km of imaging swath. NASAR-1 will be completed by the end of August 1996, and the various experiments will be conducted for CAL/VAL and science purposes. This paper describes the performance and the development status of the NASAR-1

Keywords

airborne radar; geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; radar equipment; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; Gulfstream II; L-band; NASAR; NASAR-1; NASDA Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar; SAR imaging; airborne radar; geophysical measurement technique; land surface; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; terrain mapping; Aircraft; Chirp; Earth; Image resolution; Polarization; Pulse generation; Satellite broadcasting; Signal generators; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1996.516754

Filename

516754