Synthetic aperture FM-CW radar applied to the detection of objects buried in snowpack

Author

Yamaguchi, Y. ; Mitsumoto, M. ; Sengoku, M. ; Abe, T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Eng., Niigata Univ., Japan

fYear

1992

fDate

18-25 June 1992

Firstpage

1122

Abstract

The authors present a principle of synthetic aperture FM-CW (frequency-modulation continuous wave) radar and show the detection results at several objects in natural snowpack by an FM-CW radar. By incorporating the synthetic aperture technique, it was possible for the FM-CW radar to obtain images with high resolution in the azimuth direction in the snowpack. An averaging and subtracting processing technique is employed to make the synthetic aperture image clear, suppressing the clutter which is characteristic of the natural snowpack structure. From the experiment, this imaging FM-CW radar seems to have a potential ability to map objects embedded in a lossy medium.<>

Keywords

microwave imaging; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; FM-CW radar; SAR; averaging and subtracting processing technique; buried object detection; clutter suppression; high resolution; natural snowpack; radar imaging; synthetic aperture radar; Buried object detection; Clutter; Frequency; Object detection; Radar antennas; Radar detection; Radar imaging; Radar measurements; Snow; Synthetic aperture radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1992. AP-S. 1992 Digest. Held in Conjuction with: URSI Radio Science Meeting and Nuclear EMP Meeting., IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0730-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.1992.221573

Filename

221573