The ASI Integrated Sounder-SAR System Operating in the UHF-VHF Bands: First Results of the 2018 Helicopter-Borne Morocco Desert Campaign
This work is aimed at showing the present capabilities and future potentialities of an imaging radar system that can be mounted onboard flexible aerial platforms, such as helicopters or small airplanes, and may operate in the UHF and VHF frequency bands as Sounder and as Synthetic Aperture Radar (SA...
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| author | Stefano Perna Giovanni Alberti Paolo Berardino Lorenzo Bruzzone Dario Califano Ilaria Catapano Luca Ciofaniello Elena Donini Carmen Esposito Claudia Facchinetti Roberto Formaro Gianluca Gennarelli Christopher Gerekos Riccardo Lanari Francesco Longo Giovanni Ludeno Mauro Mariotti d’Alessandro Antonio Natale Carlo Noviello Gianfranco Palmese Claudio Papa Giulia Pica Fabio Rocca Giuseppe Salzillo Francesco Soldovieri Stefano Tebaldini Sanchari Thakur |
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| description | This work is aimed at showing the present capabilities and future potentialities of an imaging radar system that can be mounted onboard flexible aerial platforms, such as helicopters or small airplanes, and may operate in the UHF and VHF frequency bands as Sounder and as Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). More specifically, the Sounder operates at 165 MHz, whereas the SAR may operate either at 450 MHz or at 860 MHz. In the work, we present the first results relevant to a set of Sounder and SAR data collected by the radar during a helicopter-borne campaign conducted in 2018 over a desert area in Erfoud, Morocco, just after the conclusion of a system upgrading procedure. In particular, a first analysis of the focusing capabilities of the Sounder mode and of the polarimetric and interferometric capabilities of the SAR mode is conducted. The overall system, originally developed by CO.RI.S.T.A. according to a ASI funding set up in 2010, has been upgraded in the frame of a contract signed in 2015 between ASI and different private and public Italian Research Institutes and Universities, namely CO.RI.S.T.A., IREA-CNR, Politecnico di Milano and University of Trento. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bfd69bbf108748da898870edd85949842022-12-22T01:39:38ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922019-08-011116184510.3390/rs11161845rs11161845The ASI Integrated Sounder-SAR System Operating in the UHF-VHF Bands: First Results of the 2018 Helicopter-Borne Morocco Desert CampaignStefano Perna0Giovanni Alberti1Paolo Berardino2Lorenzo Bruzzone3Dario Califano4Ilaria Catapano5Luca Ciofaniello6Elena Donini7Carmen Esposito8Claudia Facchinetti9Roberto Formaro10Gianluca Gennarelli11Christopher Gerekos12Riccardo Lanari13Francesco Longo14Giovanni Ludeno15Mauro Mariotti d’Alessandro16Antonio Natale17Carlo Noviello18Gianfranco Palmese19Claudio Papa20Giulia Pica21Fabio Rocca22Giuseppe Salzillo23Francesco Soldovieri24Stefano Tebaldini25Sanchari Thakur26Institute for Remote Sensing of Environment (IREA), National Research Council (CNR), 80124 Napoli, ItalyCO.RI.S.T.A., COnsorzio di RIcerca su Sistemi di Telesensori Avanzati, 80143 Napoli, ItalyInstitute for Remote Sensing of Environment (IREA), National Research Council (CNR), 80124 Napoli, ItalyDepartment of Information Engineering and Computer Science, University of Trento, 38123 Trento, ItalyCO.RI.S.T.A., COnsorzio di RIcerca su Sistemi di Telesensori Avanzati, 80143 Napoli, ItalyInstitute for Remote Sensing of Environment (IREA), National Research Council (CNR), 80124 Napoli, ItalyCO.RI.S.T.A., COnsorzio di RIcerca su Sistemi di Telesensori Avanzati, 80143 Napoli, ItalyDepartment of Information Engineering and Computer Science, University of Trento, 38123 Trento, ItalyInstitute for Remote Sensing of Environment (IREA), National Research Council (CNR), 80124 Napoli, ItalyAgenzia Spaziale Italiana, Via del Politecnico, 00133 Roma, ItalyAgenzia Spaziale Italiana, Via del Politecnico, 00133 Roma, ItalyInstitute for Remote Sensing of Environment (IREA), National Research Council (CNR), 80124 Napoli, ItalyDepartment of Information Engineering and Computer Science, University of Trento, 38123 Trento, ItalyInstitute for Remote Sensing of Environment (IREA), National Research Council (CNR), 80124 Napoli, ItalyAgenzia Spaziale Italiana, Via del Politecnico, 00133 Roma, ItalyInstitute for Remote Sensing of Environment (IREA), National Research Council (CNR), 80124 Napoli, ItalyDepartment of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering (DEIB), Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milano, ItalyInstitute for Remote Sensing of Environment (IREA), National Research Council (CNR), 80124 Napoli, ItalyInstitute for Remote Sensing of Environment (IREA), National Research Council (CNR), 80124 Napoli, ItalyCO.RI.S.T.A., COnsorzio di RIcerca su Sistemi di Telesensori Avanzati, 80143 Napoli, ItalyCO.RI.S.T.A., COnsorzio di RIcerca su Sistemi di Telesensori Avanzati, 80143 Napoli, ItalyCO.RI.S.T.A., COnsorzio di RIcerca su Sistemi di Telesensori Avanzati, 80143 Napoli, ItalyDepartment of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering (DEIB), Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milano, ItalyCO.RI.S.T.A., COnsorzio di RIcerca su Sistemi di Telesensori Avanzati, 80143 Napoli, ItalyInstitute for Remote Sensing of Environment (IREA), National Research Council (CNR), 80124 Napoli, ItalyDepartment of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering (DEIB), Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milano, ItalyDepartment of Information Engineering and Computer Science, University of Trento, 38123 Trento, ItalyThis work is aimed at showing the present capabilities and future potentialities of an imaging radar system that can be mounted onboard flexible aerial platforms, such as helicopters or small airplanes, and may operate in the UHF and VHF frequency bands as Sounder and as Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). More specifically, the Sounder operates at 165 MHz, whereas the SAR may operate either at 450 MHz or at 860 MHz. In the work, we present the first results relevant to a set of Sounder and SAR data collected by the radar during a helicopter-borne campaign conducted in 2018 over a desert area in Erfoud, Morocco, just after the conclusion of a system upgrading procedure. In particular, a first analysis of the focusing capabilities of the Sounder mode and of the polarimetric and interferometric capabilities of the SAR mode is conducted. The overall system, originally developed by CO.RI.S.T.A. according to a ASI funding set up in 2010, has been upgraded in the frame of a contract signed in 2015 between ASI and different private and public Italian Research Institutes and Universities, namely CO.RI.S.T.A., IREA-CNR, Politecnico di Milano and University of Trento.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/11/16/1845Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)Airborne SARSounderP-Bandhelicopter-borne radarUHF and VHF bands |
| spellingShingle | Stefano Perna Giovanni Alberti Paolo Berardino Lorenzo Bruzzone Dario Califano Ilaria Catapano Luca Ciofaniello Elena Donini Carmen Esposito Claudia Facchinetti Roberto Formaro Gianluca Gennarelli Christopher Gerekos Riccardo Lanari Francesco Longo Giovanni Ludeno Mauro Mariotti d’Alessandro Antonio Natale Carlo Noviello Gianfranco Palmese Claudio Papa Giulia Pica Fabio Rocca Giuseppe Salzillo Francesco Soldovieri Stefano Tebaldini Sanchari Thakur The ASI Integrated Sounder-SAR System Operating in the UHF-VHF Bands: First Results of the 2018 Helicopter-Borne Morocco Desert Campaign Remote Sensing Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Airborne SAR Sounder P-Band helicopter-borne radar UHF and VHF bands |
| title | The ASI Integrated Sounder-SAR System Operating in the UHF-VHF Bands: First Results of the 2018 Helicopter-Borne Morocco Desert Campaign |
| title_full | The ASI Integrated Sounder-SAR System Operating in the UHF-VHF Bands: First Results of the 2018 Helicopter-Borne Morocco Desert Campaign |
| title_fullStr | The ASI Integrated Sounder-SAR System Operating in the UHF-VHF Bands: First Results of the 2018 Helicopter-Borne Morocco Desert Campaign |
| title_full_unstemmed | The ASI Integrated Sounder-SAR System Operating in the UHF-VHF Bands: First Results of the 2018 Helicopter-Borne Morocco Desert Campaign |
| title_short | The ASI Integrated Sounder-SAR System Operating in the UHF-VHF Bands: First Results of the 2018 Helicopter-Borne Morocco Desert Campaign |
| title_sort | asi integrated sounder sar system operating in the uhf vhf bands first results of the 2018 helicopter borne morocco desert campaign |
| topic | Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Airborne SAR Sounder P-Band helicopter-borne radar UHF and VHF bands |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/11/16/1845 |
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