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

Technical Report · Tue Oct 31 23:00:00 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 Labs., 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
• 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
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
IMAGE PROCESSING
LEAVES
PERFORMANCE
SPATIAL RESOLUTION
SPRUCES
SYNTHETIC-APERTURE RADAR
TREES