Improved Airborne SAR Data Processing by Blockwise Focusing, Mosaicking and Geocoding
Conference: EUSAR 2008 - 7th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar
06/02/2008 - 06/05/2008 at Friedrichshafen, Germany
Proceedings: EUSAR 2008
Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Magnard, Christophe; Frey, Othmar; Rüegg, Maurice; Meier, Erich (Remote Sensing Laboratories, University of Zürich, Switzerland)
Abstract:
Standard focusing of SAR data assumes a straight recording track of the sensor platform. Small non-linearities of airborne platform are corrected for during a motion compensation step while keeping the assumption of a stripmap geometry. In the case of high resolution and high frequency SAR systems, the navigation data may not be accurate enough to perform such a motion compensation; SAR systems mounted on small aircrafts or drones flying at low altitude do not follow a straight track but one dependent on topography and atmospheric conditions. We present a blockwise focusing, mosaicking and geocoding method which allows processing such data. For the experiments, MEMPHIS and E-SAR data were used.