The New Italian Airborne Multiband Interferometric and Polarimetric SAR (MIPS) System: First Flight Test Results
Antonio Natale, P. Berardino, Carmen Esposito, G. Palmese, Riccardo Lanari, Stefano Perna
Abstract
In recent years, airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) remote sensing is becoming more and more attractive, thanks to the operational flexibility and observation capabilities provided by aerial SAR systems, and also due to the comparatively low-cost of these radar devices. In this work, we show the preliminary results relevant to the first acquisition campaign of the new Italian airborne Multiband Interferometric and Polarimetric SAR (MIPS) system, which is based on the Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) technology, and is able to operate at both X- and L-band.
Topics & Concepts
Remote sensingSynthetic aperture radarInterferometryPolarimetryInverse synthetic aperture radarComputer scienceRadar imagingSide looking airborne radarSpace-based radarRadarEarly-warning radarInterferometric synthetic aperture radarContinuous-wave radarGeologyTelecommunicationsOpticsPhysicsScatteringSynthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and TechniquesAdvanced SAR Imaging TechniquesSoil Moisture and Remote Sensing