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Title: Synthetic aperture design for increased SAR image rate

Patent ·
OSTI ID:961575
 [1];  [2];  [1]
  1. Albuquerque, NM
  2. Albuqerque, NM
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High resolution SAR images of a target scene at near video rates can be produced by using overlapped, but nevertheless, full-size synthetic apertures. The SAR images, which respectively correspond to the apertures, can be analyzed in sequence to permit detection of movement in the target scene.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Number(s):
7,498,968
Application Number:
11/674,264
OSTI ID:
961575
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (3)

Adventures in SAR processing conference April 2000
Sub-aperture analysis of high-resolution polarimetric SAR data conference January 1999
SAR image-formation algorithm that compensates for the spatially variant effects of antenna motion
  • Burns, Bryan L.; Cordaro, J. Thomas
  • SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, SPIE Proceedings https://doi.org/10.1117/12.177178
conference June 1994

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