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A first experiment of airborne bistatic forward-looking SAR - Preliminary results

  • Jianyu Yang
  • , Yulin Huang
  • , Haiguang Yang
  • , Junjie Wu
  • , Wenchao Li
  • , Zhongyu Li
  • , Xiaobo Yang
  • University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

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Abstract

Due to left/right Doppler ambiguity, and the small difference in Doppler frequencies of adjacent points in flight direction, conventional monostatic SAR can not be used for forward-looking imaging. Then bistatic SAR with transmitter and receiver mounted on different platforms is coming into the eyes of researchers. In this paper, the feasibility of forward-looking imaging using airborne bistatic SAR is studied. Firstly, the potential two-dimension resolution ability of bistatic SAR for forward-looking imaging is discussed from the aspect of iso-Doppler and iso-range line. Then the airborne bistatic SAR experiment using a side-looking airborne transmitter and a forward-looking airborne receiver is described, and the preliminary results are presented. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first bistatic forward-looking SAR experiment in the world that both transmitter and receiver are mounted on aircraft platforms.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2013 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2013 - Proceedings
Pages4202-4204
Number of pages3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
Event2013 33rd IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2013 - Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Duration: 21 Jul 201326 Jul 2013

Publication series

NameInternational Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Conference

Conference2013 33rd IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2013
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityMelbourne, VIC
Period21/07/1326/07/13

Keywords

  • Airborne Experiment
  • Bistatic SAR
  • Forward-Looking Imaging
  • SAR

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