Beaconless search and rescue using polarimetric synthetic aperture radar

Journal Article · Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1996 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.49866· OSTI ID:385527

McCandless, Jr, S W; Huxtable, B D; Mansfield, A W ^[1]; Wallace, R; Larsen, R; Rais, H ^[2]

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1. User Systems, Inc., 8195 Windward Key Drive, Chesapeake Beach, Maryland 20732 (United States)
2. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 (United States)

In developing a beaconless search and rescue capability to quickly locate small aircraft that have crashed in remote areas, NASA{close_quote}s Search and Rescue (S&R) Program brings together advanced polarimetric synthetic aperture radar processing, field and laboratory tests, and state-of-the-art automated target detection algorithms. This paper provides the status of this program, which began with experiments conducted in concert with the JPL DC-8 AirSAR in 1989 at the Duke University Forest. The program is being conducted by NASA{close_quote}s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) under the auspices of the Search and Rescue Office. {copyright} {ital 1996 American Institute of Physics.}

• OSTI ID: 385527
• Report Number(s): CONF-960109-; ISSN 0094-243X; TRN: 9618M0128
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 361, Issue 1; Conference: STAIF 96: space technology and applications international forum, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 7-11 Jan 1996; Other Information: PBD: Mar 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

44 INSTRUMENTATION
INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS
42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES
RADAR
RESCUE OPERATIONS
NASA
POLARIMETRY
DETECTION
POLARIZATION
SIGNALS
REMOTE SENSING
AIRCRAFT
IMAGE FORMING