Results of the X-SAR real time one-bit processor

Author

Franceschetti, Giorgio ; Impagnatiello, Fabrizio ; Rubertone, Franco ; Tesauro, Manlio

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Ingegneria Elettronica e delle Telcommun., Naples Univ., Italy

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

99

Abstract

An experimental real time one-bit (hardware) processor (SCSP) had been realized and operated in connection and during the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). During the mission, part of the X-SAR raw data was downlinked, re-coded at one-bit and processed in real time with a one-bit coded filter function. The authors present the implementation, the reference architecture of the overall X-SAR/SRTM Processing Chain and the results of the SCSP compared with a conventional off line processing. The comparison is extended up to the unwrapped phase

Keywords

geophysical signal processing; geophysical techniques; radar signal processing; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; SAR; SCSP; SRTM Processing Chain; Shuttle Radar Topography Mission; X-SAR; coded filter function; geophysical measurement technique; land surface; radar remote sensing; radar signal processing; real time one-bit processor; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; Bit rate; Filters; Hardware; Propulsion; Space missions; Space technology; Surfaces; Synthetic aperture radar; Telecommunications; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6359-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2000.860434

Filename

860434