Bistatic Geosynchronous SAR for land and atmosphere continuous observation

Conference: EUSAR 2014 - 10th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar
06/03/2014 - 06/05/2014 at Berlin, Germany

Proceedings: EUSAR 2014

Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Ruiz-Rodon, Josep; Broquetas, Antoni (Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain)
Monti-Guarnieri, Andrea; Recchia, Andrea (Politecnico di Milano (Polimi), Italy)

Abstract:
In this paper the bistatic SAR observation from low-eccentric nearly zero inclined geosynchronous orbits (GEOSAR) is studied. Two operation frequencies have been analysed with different compromises between spatial resolution and acquisition time. The impact of the orbital design in the final SAR radiometric and spatial resolution performance is assessed allowing assessment of appropriate spatial resolution and coverage compromises.