Advanced digital beamforming concepts for future SAR systems

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 245-248

  Krieger, G ^a   Younis, M ^a   Gebert, N ^a   Huber, S ^a   Bordoni, F ^a   Patyuchenko, A ^a   Moreira, A ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM FORMING NETWORKS; BEAMFORMING; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

AZIMUTH RESOLUTION; DIGITAL ARRAYS; DIGITAL BEAM FORMING; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMAGING PERFORMANCE; REFLECTOR ANTENNAS; STATE OF THE ART; SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 78650891873     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5650516     Document Type: Conference Paper

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