Characterization of the scattered field by an urban area in the X-frequency band for bistatic and monostatic radar configurations

Author

Ngoc Truong Minh Nguyen ; Lautru, David ; Roussel, Hélène

Author_Institution

UPMC Univ Paris 6, Paris, France

fYear

2010

fDate

25-30 July 2010

Firstpage

2999

Lastpage

3002

Abstract

The application of the ray-tracing technique in combination with the asymptotic method Uniform Theory of Diffraction (UTD) for an analysis of the electromagnetic (EM) wave propagation in urban areas is presented. The frequency of the study is in the X-frequency band from 8 to 12 GHz but can be applied for Ku-band and a three-dimensional model of the geometry is proposed. The transmitter and receiver can be separated to present both bistatic and monostatic configurations. At the end of the work, we evaluate the amplitude and the phase of the far field diffracted by urban scenarios.

Keywords

electromagnetic wave propagation; electromagnetic wave scattering; geometrical theory of diffraction; radar receivers; radar transmitters; ray tracing; synthetic aperture radar; Ku-band; SAR; UTD; X-frequency band; asymptotic method; bistatic radar; electromagnetic wave propagation; electromagnetic wave scattering; frequency 8 GHz to 12 GHz; monostatic radar; radar receiver; radar transmitter; ray tracing; synthetic aperture radar; three-dimensional model; uniform theory of diffraction; Buildings; Diffraction; Ray tracing; Receivers; Synthetic aperture radar; Transmitters; Urban areas; electromagnetic scattering; ray-tracing; synthetic aperture radar (SAR); uniform theory of diffraction; urban areas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9565-8

Electronic_ISBN

2153-6996

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5654359

Filename

5654359