F-SAR – Recent Upgrades and Campaign Activities
The F-SAR instrument represents DLR’s advanced airborne SAR testbed for technology and remote sensing applications. The development of the instrument was triggered by a strong demand for data being simultaneously acquired at different wavelengths and polarizations as well as by the demand for very h...
| Published in: | 2017 18th International Radar Symposium (IRS) |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
| Format: | Conference Object |
| Language: | English |
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CUVILLIER VERLAG
2017
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| Online Access: | https://elib.dlr.de/111955/ https://elib.dlr.de/111955/1/paper_253.pdf |
| Summary: | The F-SAR instrument represents DLR’s advanced airborne SAR testbed for technology and remote sensing applications. The development of the instrument was triggered by a strong demand for data being simultaneously acquired at different wavelengths and polarizations as well as by the demand for very high range resolution. F-SAR is a modular development utilizing modern hardware and commercial of the shelf components. For the purpose of experiments and operational data acquisition campaigns the system is being installed on board a DLR Dornier DO228 research aircraft. This paper gives an overview of the instrument’s capabilities and performance, based on the multi-frequency and fully polarimetric imagery acquired during campaigns in the last two years. More specifically, campaigns in Greenland in 2015 (ARCTIC) and Gabon in 2016 (AfriSAR) are presented. |
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