A parametric study of rate of advance and area coverage rate performance of synthetic aperture radar.

Technical Report · Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1323381· OSTI ID:1323381

Raynal, Ann Marie ^[1]; Burns, Bryan L. ^[1]; Doerry, Armin Walter ^[1]

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1. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

The linear ground distance per unit time and ground area covered per unit time of producing synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery, termed rate of advance (ROA) and area coverage rate (ACR), are important metrics for platform and radar performance in surveillance applications. These metrics depend on many parameters of a SAR system such as wavelength, aircraft velocity, resolution, antenna beamwidth, imaging mode, and geometry. Often the effects of these parameters on rate of advance and area coverage rate are non-linear. This report addresses the impact of different parameter spaces as they relate to rate of advance and area coverage rate performance.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 1323381
• Report Number(s): SAND-2014-20095; 547405
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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