Development of NASA'S Next Generation L-Band Digital Beamforming Synthetic Aperture Radar (DBSAR-2)
Konferenz: EUSAR 2016 - 11th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar
06.06.2016 - 09.06.2016 in Hamburg, Germany
Tagungsband: EUSAR 2016
Seiten: 4Sprache: EnglischTyp: PDF
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Autoren:
Rincon, Rafael; Fatoyinbo, Temilola; Lee, Seung-Kuk; Ranson, K. Jon; Marrero, Victor (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA)
Osmanoglu, Batuhan (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA & Universities Space Research Association, Columbia, MD, USA)
Yeary, Mark (University of Oklahoma, USA)
Inhalt:
The Next Generation Digital Beamforming SAR (DBSAR-2) is a state-of-the-art airborne L-band radar developed at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in support of several disciplines in Earth and Planetary sciences. The instrument builds upon the architectures in NASA’s DBSAR-1 and EcoSAR instruments while introducing new features that allow advanced imaging modes, higher efficiency, and compactness. DBSAR-2 employs a 16-channel radar architecture characterized by multi-mode operation, software defined waveform generation, digital beamforming, wide-band, and programmable radar parameters. The instrument was recently completed, tested and calibrated in GSFC’s anechoic chamber.