Spatial resolution of bistatic synthetic aperture radar: Impact of acquisition geometry on imaging performance

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 49, Issue 10 PART 1, 2011, Pages 3487-3503

  Moccia, Antonio ^a   Renga, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bistatic SAR spatial resolution; Bistatic synthetic aperture radar (SAR); Gradient method; Spaceborne airborne bistatic SAR

Indexed keywords

ACQUISITION GEOMETRY; AIRBORNE RECEIVERS; ANALYTICAL TOOL; BISTATIC SAR; BISTATIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; BISTATIC SYSTEMS; GENERAL APPROACH; HIGH ALTITUDE LONG ENDURANCES; HYBRID CONFIGURATIONS; IMAGING PERFORMANCE; LOW-EARTH ORBIT; RELATIVE GEOMETRY; SPACEBORNE SYSTEMS; SPACEBORNE-AIRBORNE BISTATIC SAR; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

GEOMETRY; GRADIENT METHODS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; RADAR IMAGING; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

DATA ACQUISITION; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; IMAGING METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 80053573930     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2011.2115250     Document Type: Article

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