Processing pharus data with the generic SAR processor
- TNO Physics and Electronics Lab., The Hague (Netherlands)
The Generic SAR Processor (GSP) is a SAR processing environment created to process airborne and spaceborne SAR data with a maximum amount of flexibility, while at the same time providing a user friendly and powerful environment for handling and analyzing SAR, including polarimetric calibration. PHARUS is an airborne polarimetric C-band SAR, utilizing an active (solid state) phased array. The absence of mechanical antenna stabilization, the use of electronic beam steering, in combination with high PRF, polarimetric operation, under motion condition which can be severe, requires a very large flexibility of the SAR processor. The GSP is designed to handle this type of SAR data with a very flexible motion compensation-, azimuth compression-, and radiometric correction approach. First experiences with the processing of PHARUS data show that this is a valid approach to obtain high quality polarimetric imagery with a phased array SAR. 4 refs., 5 figs.
- OSTI ID:
- 390714
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960613--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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