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First Bistatic Demonstration of Digital Beamforming in Elevation With TerraSAR-X as an Illuminator.
- Source :
- IEEE Transactions on Geoscience & Remote Sensing; Feb2016, Vol. 54 Issue 2, p842-849, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- The next generation of spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) remote sensing systems will emphasize on high-resolution and wide-coverage imaging. For these design goals, digital beamforming (DBF) in elevation is a promising candidate. DBF-SAR can provide global monitoring capacity for the continuous observation of a highly dynamic and rapidly changing world with high spatial resolution and short repeat intervals. A spaceborne experiment regarding a real complex scene and real spaceborne wave propagation channel effects remains a necessary step to complete the experimental verification of this advanced technique. Fortunately, the spaceborne–stationary bistatic configuration offers a potential chance to validate the advanced technique. The aforementioned experiment can be considered as a test bed for the development and implementation of DBF radar techniques applicable to Earth observation science and planetary measurements. The DBF experiment based on spaceborne–stationary bistatic configuration with TerraSAR-X as an illuminator has been successfully conducted in June 2013 by the Department of Space Microwave Remote Sensing System, Institute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01962892
- Volume :
- 54
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- IEEE Transactions on Geoscience & Remote Sensing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 112538323
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2015.2467176