Title :
A radar demonstrator for ground-based L-band ground reflectivity measurements
Author :
Maslikowski, Lukasz ; Krysik, Piotr ; Kulpa, K. ; Dabrowska-Zielinska, Katarzyna ; Bartold, M.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electron. Syst., Warsaw Univ. of Technol., Warsaw, Poland
fDate :
Oct. 31 2012-Nov. 2 2012
Abstract :
The aim of the paper is to describe a ground-based radar demonstrator dedicated for ground reflectivity measurement in the L band, that was built at the Warsaw University of Technology. The measurement results are to be used by the Institute of Geodesy and Cartography as the reference data for satellite image interpretation. The system was composed of COTS elements and utilizes the concept of software-defined noise radar. The paper covers the topics of scattering coefficient measurement theory, system setup and signal processing as well as the preliminary results of field measurements.
Keywords :
cartography; geodesy; radar signal processing; remote sensing by radar; COTS elements; L-band ground reflectivity measurements; ground-based radar demonstrator; radar signal processing; satellite image interpretation; scattering coefficient measurement theory; software-defined noise radar; Antenna measurements; Dipole antennas; Radar antennas; Radar measurements; Scattering; Spaceborne radar; noise radar; scattering coefficient; scatterometer;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference (EuRAD), 2012 9th European
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2471-7
