Raw/SLC signal simulator for spaceborne interferometric SAR systems

Author

De Vita, Francesca ; Mori, Alessandro

Author_Institution

Dipt. Elettronica e Telecomunicazion, Firenze Univ., Italy

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

785

Abstract

(Interferometric) SAR signal simulation is very useful to test processing algorithms of real data. A simulator can provide a reliable version of signals received by a particular system, when the geometric and the electromagnetics characteristics of targets are fixed. The authors present a simulator for an interferometric (single-pass) SAR system placed on a spaceborne platform moving over an ideal Kepler´s orbit. Stripmap and spotlight operational mode can be considered, and, by describing system geometry in a platform frame of reference, mechanical deformation of structures can be easily modeled

Keywords

geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; radar theory; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; InSAR; Raw; SAR; SAR signal simulation; SLC; algorithm; geophysical measurement technique; interferometric SAR; land surface; mechanical deformation; radar remote sensing; signal simulator; single-pass; spaceborne radar; spotlight operational mode; stripmap mode; synthetic aperture radar; system geometry; terrain mapping; Directive antennas; Earth; Geometry; Optical interferometry; Optical surface waves; Signal processing; Solid modeling; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar; Transmitting antennas;

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.2000.861703

Filename

861703