Title :
Detection of vessels in littoral waters in two-channel XWEAR SAR imagery
Author :
Lukowski, Tom I.
Author_Institution :
Defence R&D Canada - Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Abstract :
X-band Wideband Experimental Airborne Radar stripmap Synthetic Aperture Radar signal data of moving vessels in the St. Lawrence Seaway were acquired in a novel two-channel mode in 2007 and 2008. The data are combined and used in the two-channel interferometric mode for the development of a methodology to separate the images of vessels in littoral areas from the background. The first XWEAR interferometric stripmap images have been obtained and presented in this study.
Keywords :
airborne radar; radar detection; radar imaging; radar interferometry; ships; synthetic aperture radar; St. Lawrence Seaway; X-band wideband experimental airborne radar stripmap synthetic aperture radar; interferometric stripmap images; littoral waters; synthetic aperture radar signal; two-channel XWEAR SAR imagery; two-channel interferometric mode; vessel detection; Airborne radar; Antennas and propagation; Azimuth; Interferometry; Marine vehicles; Oceans; Radar detection; Radar imaging; Research and development; Synthetic aperture radar; Moving Vessels; SAR; Ship Imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference - Surveillance for a Safer World, 2009. RADAR. International
Conference_Location :
Bordeaux
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-55-7
