Development of CARINA bistatic VHF-band SAR

Author

Ulander, Lars M. H. ; Gustavsson, Anders ; Jonsson, Tommy ; Ragnarsson, Rolf ; Stenstrom, Gunnar

Author_Institution

Dept. of Radar Syst., Swedish Defence Res. Agency, Linköping, Sweden

fYear

2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The paper presents results from developing and testing a bistatic SAR system for ground surveillance in the VHF band (25-83 MHz). It is based on two radars developed by FOI: The monostatic LORA system installed in an aircraft and the bistatic and passive CARINA system installed on a helicopter. CARINA is based on direct RF sampling of two receiver channels (2 × 14 bits @ 250 MSPS) together with continuous non-interrupted data storage capability. The system has recently been developed by FOI and is described in detail. System architecture, installation in the helicopter platform and results from early trials in bistatic SAR mode are described. Results show forest clutter can be significantly reduced in bistatic SAR geometries compared to the signature of a small truck (van).

Keywords

geophysical techniques; helicopters; passive radar; radar clutter; radar receivers; remote sensing by radar; search radar; synthetic aperture radar; wireless channels; FOI; aircraft; continuous noninterrupted data storage; forest clutter reduction; frequency 25 MHz to 83 MHz; ground surveillance; helicopter; monostatic LORA system; passive CARINA bistatic VHF-band SAR; receiver channel RF sampling; synthetic aperture radar; Data acquisition; Helicopters; Radar antennas; Receivers; Synthetic aperture radar; SAR; VHF; bistatic; data acquisition; helicopter;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference (Radar), 2014 International

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RADAR.2014.7060354

Filename

7060354