Title :
Two-dimensional supersynthesis radiometer for field experiment
Author :
Korniyama, K. ; Kato, Yoshihiko
Author_Institution :
Electrotech. Lab., Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract :
A microwave interferometric radiometer on the basis of the supersynthesis was proposed before for Earth remote sensing. The authors showed the possibility of the imaging with fine resolution by the radiometer using small antennas. They planned to make a field experimental model and made a conceptual design of the radiometer. Besides, rotational scanning is investigated for simplicity as a method of preliminary field experiment instead of the linear-scanning which is realistic for the practical use with a vehicle. The microwave images by both linear and rotational scanning are shown. Two scanning methods are compared with each other from the viewpoint of spatial resolution to show the possibility as a substituting way of scanning used for the test
Keywords :
geophysical equipment; microwave imaging; microwave measurement; radiometers; radiometry; radiowave interferometers; remote sensing; aperture synthesis; fine resolution; geophysical equipment; imaging radiometer; instrument apparatus; interferometric radiometer; land surface; linear-scanning; microwave radiometer; remote sensing; rotational scanning; terrain mapping; two dimensional supersynthesis radiometer; Antenna arrays; Filtering; Frequency; History; Matched filters; Microwave radiometry; Phase estimation; Receiving antennas; Spatial resolution; Target tracking;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International
Conference_Location :
Firenze
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2567-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1995.524166