Introducing Equivalent Radar Cross Section – A First Step Toward new Radiometric Requirement Definitions

Konferenz: EUSAR 2014 - 10th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar
03.06.2014 - 05.06.2014 in Berlin, Germany

Tagungsband: EUSAR 2014

Seiten: 4Sprache: EnglischTyp: PDF

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Autoren:
Doering, Bjoern; Schwerdt, Marco (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, 82234 Wessling, Germany)

Inhalt:
Stringent radiometric SAR system requirements often significantly shape the design and cost of modern SAR systems. Yet the wording in current requirement documents is ambiguous, and a diligent conformance assessment at the end of project phases currently questionable. In order to improve the situation for future SAR missions, a review of the requirements is proposed. As a first step toward this end, a new radiometric measurement quantity (equivalent radar cross section) is introduced, which resolves the problem of frequency and angular dependent, complex backscatter of measured targets. A numerical example for an important special case, a calibration corner reflector, is given to stress the need.