{"title":"Field test of bistatic forward-looking synthetic aperture radar","authors":"J. Balke","doi":"10.1109/RADAR.2005.1435862","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Monostatic radar systems reach their limits if a two-dimensional resolution is desired for a forward-looking geometry. Bistatic systems offer an alternative to handle this problem if the transmitter operates as a separated illuminator while the receiver is arranged in a forward-looking mode. A newly arranged field test presented in this paper successfully showed the applicability of the chosen approach. By this test the idea to realize a two-dimensional image in a forward-looking mode with a bistatic geometry could be verified. Furthermore the adjustment of collected pulses by the use of timestamps from the received signals was introduced successfully. In addition, a new calibration method for bistatic measurements with the help of spheres was presented. Further steps are intended in order to determine the correct dimensioning of designed SAR images.","PeriodicalId":444253,"journal":{"name":"IEEE International Radar Conference, 2005.","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2005-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"75","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IEEE International Radar Conference, 2005.","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RADAR.2005.1435862","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Monostatic radar systems reach their limits if a two-dimensional resolution is desired for a forward-looking geometry. Bistatic systems offer an alternative to handle this problem if the transmitter operates as a separated illuminator while the receiver is arranged in a forward-looking mode. A newly arranged field test presented in this paper successfully showed the applicability of the chosen approach. By this test the idea to realize a two-dimensional image in a forward-looking mode with a bistatic geometry could be verified. Furthermore the adjustment of collected pulses by the use of timestamps from the received signals was introduced successfully. In addition, a new calibration method for bistatic measurements with the help of spheres was presented. Further steps are intended in order to determine the correct dimensioning of designed SAR images.