Reference target correction based on point-target SAR simulation

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 951-959

  Döring, Björn J ^a   Looser, Philipp R ^a   Jirousek, Matthias ^a   Schwerdt, Marco ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calibration; Measurement standard; Numerical simulation; Point target; Synthetic aperture radar

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETRY; TRANSPONDERS;

ABSOLUTE-RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATION; ACTIVE TRANSPONDERS; CORRECTION COEFFICIENTS; INTERFERENCE SIGNAL; INTERNAL CALIBRATION; MEASUREMENT STANDARDS; POINT TARGETS; RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 80052087080     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2011.2162590     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. A. Freeman, "SAR calibration: An overview," IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., vol. 30, no. 6, pp. 1107-1121, Nov. 1992.
2. M. Schwerdt, B. Bräutigam, M. Bachmann, B. Döring, D. Schrank, and J. Hueso Gonzalez, "Final TerraSAR-X calibration results based on novel efficient methods," IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 677-689, Feb. 2010.
3. M. Shimada, M. Watanabe, A. Rosenqvist, and T. Tadono, "PALSAR calibration and validation-2005 update," in Proc. Int. Geosci. Remote Sens. Symp., Jul. 2005, pp. 3365-3368.
4. A. Luscombe, "Image quality and calibration of RADARSAT-2," in Proc. IEEE Int. Geosci. Remote Sens. Symp., Jul. 2009, pp. II-757-II-760.
5. J. Johnson, L. Williams, E. Bracalente, F. Beck, and W. Grantham, "SEASAT-A satellite scatterometer instrument evaluation," IEEE J. Ocean. Eng., vol. OE-5, no. 2, pp. 138-144, Apr. 1980.
6. E. Attema, M. Davidson, P. Snoeij, B. Rommen, and N. Floury, "Sentinel- 1 mission overview," in Proc. IEEE Int. Geosci. Remote Sens. Symp., Jul. 2009, pp. I-36-I-39.
7. A. L. Gray, P. W. Vachon, C. E. Livingstone, and T. I. Lukowski, "Synthetic aperture radar calibration using reference reflectors," IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 374-383, May 1990.
8. E. F. Knott, J. F. Schaeffer, and M. T. Tuley, Radar Cross Section. Its Prediction, Measurement and Reduction. Dedham, MA: Artech House, 1985.
9. D. Small, N. Miranda, and E. Meier, "A revised radiometric normalisation standard for SAR," in Proc. IEEE Int. Geosci. Remote Sens. Symp., Jul. 2009, pp. IV-566-IV-569.
10. B. J. Döring, P. Looser,M. Jirousek,M. Schwerdt, andM. Peichl, "Highly accurate calibration target for multiple mode SAR systems," in Proc. Eur. Conf. Synthetic Aperture Radar, Jun. 2010, vol. 8, pp. 1-4.
11. H. Klausing and W. Holpp, Radar mit realer und synthetischer Apertur: Konzeption und Realisierung. München, Germany: Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag GmbH, 2000.
12. D. R. Brunfeldt and F. T. Ulaby, "Active reflector for radar calibration," IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., vol. GRS-22, no. 2, pp. 165-169, Mar. 1984.
13. J. Silverstein and R. Bender, "Measurements and predictions of the RCS of bruderhedrals at millimeter wavelengths," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 45, no. 7, pp. 1071-1079, Jul. 1997.
14. R. Speck, SETES-SAR End-to-End Simulator. [Online]. Available: Http://www.dlr.de/hr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-2434/3770-read-5675
15. Array Systems Computing Inc., Synthetic Aperture Radar Simulation Toolbox. [Online]. Available: Http://www.array.ca/applications/ radar/sar-toolbox.php
16. G. Franceschetti, M. Migliaccio, D. Riccio, and G. Schirinzi, "SARAS: A synthetic aperture radar (SAR) raw signal simulator," IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 110-123, Jan. 1992.