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Radar Motion Measurements and Synthetic Aperture Radar Image Geolocation Accuracy

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1675035· OSTI ID:1675035
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  1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Once a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image is formed, the natural question then is, "Where is this image?" and/or "Where exactly is this feature displayed in the image?" Thus, geolocation is an important exploitation of the SAR image. Since SAR measures relative location to its own position, it is crucial to understand how the radars position and motion imp acts the ability to geolocate a feature in the SAR image. Furthermore, accuracy and precision of navigation aids like GPS directly impact the goodness of the geolocation solution. These relationships are developed and discussed.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), Poway, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525
OSTI ID:
1675035
Report Number(s):
SAND--2020-10779; 691430
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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