Inverse-synthetic-aperture imaging of trees over a ground plane

Technical Report · Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/186726· OSTI ID:186726

Zittel, D. H.; Brock, B. C.; Littlejohn, J. H.; Patitz, W. E.

Recent data collections with the Sandia VHF-UHF synthetic-aperture radar have yielded surprising results; trees appear brighter in the images than expected! In an effort to understand this phenomenon, various small trees have been measured on the Sandia folded compact range with the inverse-synthetic-aperture imaging system. A compilation of these measurements is contained in this report.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 186726
• Report Number(s): SAND-95-2629; ON: DE96004895
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Nov 1995
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

44 INSTRUMENTATION
INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS
45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
SYNTHETIC-APERTURE RADAR
PERFORMANCE
TREES
IMAGE PROCESSING
SPATIAL RESOLUTION
SPRUCES
LEAVES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA