Proceedings 4th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar EUSAR 4-6 June 2002, Cologne, Germany incl. CD ROM i i ••••• , •<. Organized by ITG / VDI J J astrium FGAN &* OVDS • • • Htiropr.au Aoronife&IifDeff ISP and Sjwrr: Cxin>piiiiy • • • technically sponsored by EUREL, URSI, DGON, IEEE UB/TIB Hannover 89 123 857 031 VDE VERLAG GMBH • Berlin • Offenbach Contents Spaceborne SAR Systems I 1 RADARSAT-2 Program Update (new paper) 25 L. Brule, Canadian Space Agency, Canada; H. Baeggli, MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates, Ltd., Canada 2 Analysis of Bistatic Configurations for Spaceborne SAR Interferometry 29 H. Fiedler, G. Krieger, F. Jochim, M. Kirschner, A. Moreira, Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Germany 3 PARIS Mode in a SAR Mission 33 A. P. Thompson, C. H. Mathew, Astrium Ltd, Earth Observation & Science, UK Spaceborne SAR Systems II 4 The RADARSAT-2&3 Topographic Mission 37 N. Evans, P. Lee, MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates, Ltd, Canada 5 Potentials of Reflector Antenna Technology for a Fully Polarimetric L-band Spaceborne SAR Instrument Targeting Land Applications 41 R. Schroder, K.-H. Zeller, H. SQI3, Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Germany 6 Multi-Mode SAR System Model Design for Small Satellite Platform 45 Y. K. Kwag, Hankuk Aviation University, Korea 7 TerraSAR X - Design and Performance 49 M. Suess, S. Riegger, W. Pitz, Astrium GmbH, Friedrichshafen, Germany; R. Werninghaus, DLR, Bonn, Germany Wide Bandwidth and Low Frequency SAR 8 Ultra-Wideband Multi-static Synthetic Aperture Radar for the Detection and Location of Land Mines 53 D. J. Lloyd, D. Longstaff, University of Queensland, Australia 9 Some Results on Detection of Targets Deployed in Hide under Foliage 57 A. Gustavsson, L. M. H. Ulander, P.-O. Frolind, T. Jonsson, B. Larsson, G. Stengstrom, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Sweden; P. Martineau, 0. du Plessis, D. Le Coz, Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales (ONERA), France 10 Under Foliage Observation of Corner Reflectors and Commodity Trucks with a Full Polarimetric UHF SAR 61 L. Pastore, H. Cantalloube, Office National D'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales, France; F. Daout, Universite de Paris, France 11 Antenna Effects on Polarimetric Imagery in Ultra-Wide SAR 65 J. M. Ralston, E. L. Ayers, The Institute for Defense Analysis, Virginia, USA Image Generation I 12 Comparison of Chirp Scaling and Wavenumber Domain Algorithms for Airborne Low Frequency SAR Processing 69 A. Potsis, N. Uzunoglou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece; A. Reigber, TU Berlin, Germany; A. Moreira, Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Germany; L. Ferro-Famil, Universite de Rennes 1, France 13 An Extension of the Chirp Scaling Algorithm to 3-D Near-Field Radar Imaging 73 E. Gimeno-Nieves, C. Pascual, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, Ingenierfa de Sistemas y Teoria de la Serial (DFISTS), Spain 14 Application of Multi-Look Techniques for Interferometric SAR Data (new paper) 77 R. Scheiber, Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (DLR), Germany; V. M. Bothale, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), India Image Generation II 15 First Experimental Results Achieved with the New Very Wideband SAR System PAMIR 81 A. R. Brenner, J. H. G. Ender, FGAN/FHR, Germany 16 Doppler Centroid Estimation for ScanSAR Data 87 C. Cafforio, P. Guccione, Politecnico di Bari, A. Monti Guarnieri, Politecnico di Milano, Italy 17 Design and Validation of a Subaperture SAR Processor for Airborne Systems 91 P. Prats, A. Broquetas, J. Mallorqui, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain; M. Bara, Vocal Technologies, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain 18 Ground Elevation and Squint Dependent Motion Compensation for SAR Bidimensional Processors 95 L. S. Pastore, H. M. J. Cantalloube, Office National D'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales; A. Priou, IUT de Ville d'Avray, Universite de Paris, France Special Aspects of Image Generation 19 Suppression of Ambiguities by Phase Coding 97 G. Kramer, FGAN/FHR, Germany 20 Weighting Windows Based on Atomic Functions and their Use in SAR Digital Signal Processing 101 V. F. Kravchenko, M. A. Basarab, Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Russia 21 Synthetic Aperture Inversion for Non-Flat Topography 105 C. J. Nolan, M. Cheney, University of Limerick, Ireland 22 High Resolution Airborne SAR at Long Range and Flat Grazing Angle 109 J. Hippler, Dornier GmbH, Germany SAR Application to Ocean 23 A Novel Morphological Covering Algorithm for Sea SAR Image Fractal Analysis .... 113 F. Berizzi, G. Bertini, E. Dalle Mese, M. Martorella, University of Pisa, Italy 24 A Class of Algorithms for Multibaseline ATI-SAR Oceanic Surface Velocity Estimation in Presence of Bimodal Doppler Spectrum 117 F. Bordoni, F. Gini, F. Lombardini, L. Verrazzani, University of Pisa, Italy 25 Current Estimation Using Burst Mode Data 121 W. Hughes, M. Van der Kooij, Atlantis Scientific Inc., Canada Other Applications 26 Some Investigation of Subsurface Hydrological Soil Regime Using Multi-Frequency Polarimetric SAR 125 B. Kutuza, A. Kalinkevitch, Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics; E. Vostrov, A. Dzenkevich, V. Plushchev, G. Koshevarov, V. Manakov, L. Melnikov, I. Porohov, Moscow Scientific Research Institute for Instrument Engineering; N. Dobrinin, Russian Inst. of Soil Monitoring, Russia 27 Interferometric Mapping of Antarctica Using RADARSAT 129 R. Carande, D. R. Fatland, J. Miller, X. Wu, Vexcel Corporation; K. Jezek, Ohio State University, USA 28 An Algorithm for the Separation of Topography and Displacement-Related Phase Components in Repeat-Pass-lnterferograms: Applications on Monitoring of Arctic Glaciers 133 F. Meyer, Technical University Munich; 0. Hellwich, Technical University Berlin, Germany 29 A Ku-Band SAR Instrument for Snow Cover Measurements 137 B. Grafmuller, Astrium GmbH, Germany Image Enhancement 30 Adaptive Edge Enhancement in SAR Images - Training on the Data vs. Training on Simulated Data 141 A. Dimou, N. Uzunoglu, National Technical University of Athens, Greece; G. Jager, Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Germany 31 Fusion of Multi-Variate Edge Detectors for High-Resolution Polarimetric SAR Images 145 D. Borghys, C. Perneel, M. Acheroy, Royal Military Academy, Belgium 32 SAR Image Reconstruction Using Minimum Cross-Entropy Methods 149 M. Grippa, I. H. Woodhouse, The University of Edinburgh, UK 33 3D Scene Reconstruction and Structure Recognition from Metric Resolution INSAR . 153 M. Quartulli, M. Datcu, Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Germany Airborne SAR Systems 34 PAMIR - a Wideband Phased Array SAR/MTI System 157 J. Ender, A. R. Brenner, FGAN/FHR, Germany 35 High-Resolution Airborne FM-CW SAR: Design and Processing Aspects 163 J. J. M. de Wit, P. Hoogeboom, International Research Centre on Telecommunications- Transmission and Radar, The Netherlands 36 Design Approach to the SIVAM Airborne Multi-Frequency, Multi-Mode SAR System 167 J. Steyn, M. M. Goulding, D. R. Stevens, P. R. Lim, MacDonald Dettwiler, Canada; J. Steinbacher, J. Tofil, T. Durak, K. Wesolowicz, Veridian Systems, Division, Ann Arbor, USA 37 W-Band-Radar System in a Dual-Mode Seeker for Autonomous Target Detection ... 171 I Malenke, T. Oelgart, W. Rieck, EADS Deutschland GmbH, Germany ENVISAT 38 The Advanced SAR System on ENVISAT: Mission Status 175 M. Zink, R. Torres, C. H. Buck, ESA-ESTEC, The Netherlands; B. Rosich, J. Closa, ESA-ESRIN, Italy 39 Verification of the ASAR Processing Facility and ASAR Product Validation 177 B. Rosich, J. Closa, ESA/ESRIN, Italy 40 Multi-mode ENVISAT ASAR Interferometry: Techniques and Preliminary Results .... 179 A. Monti Guarnieri, Politecnico di Milano; C. Cafforio, P. Guccione, Politecnico di Bari, Italy; P. Pasquali, SARMAP SA; D. Niietsch, D. Small, E. Meier, University of Zurich, Switzerland; M. Zink, Y. L. Desnos, ESA/ESTEC, The Netherlands 41 Imaging Ocean Waves Using ENVISAT ASAR Wave Mode 183 H. Johnsen, G. Engen, NORUT IT, Norway; B. Chapron, Oceanographie Spatiale, Plouzane, France Reconfigurable SAR Systems 42 Performance Investigation on the High Resolution, Wide Swath SAR System 187 M. Siifl, M. Zubler, R. Zahn, Astrium GmbH, Germany 43 An Evaluation of Performance Parameters of Software Defined Radar Sensors .... 191 M. Younis, C. Fischer, W. Wiesbeck, University of Karlsruhe, Germany 44 Fast Nonlinear Inversion for the Detection of Anti-Personnel Mines with Multistatic Radar Systems 195 C. Fischer, M. Younis, W. Wiesbeck, University of Karlsruhe, Germany 45 Simulation of a Distributed Real-Time SAR Processor 199 F. H0eg, E. Lintz Christensen, The Technical University of Denmark; J. Hjelm J0rgensen, Vitesse Semicoductor, Herlev, Denmark Moving Target Indication I 46 Effect of Aircraft Crabbing on Sidelooking STAP Radar 203 R. Klemm, FGAN/FHR, Germany 47 Flight Test Results of a Multi-Channel SAR/MTI Real-Time System 209 J. Meyer-Hilberg, B. Bickert, J. Schmid, EADS Deutschland GmbH, Germany 48 Moving Target Indication (MTI) Using Multi-Channel Along-Track Interferometer in X-band and Antenna with Wide Illumination Pattern in Ku-band 213 H. M. J. Cantalloube, Office National D'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales, France 49 Detection of Moving Targets in Wideband SAR Using Fast Time Backprojection Processing 217 M. I. Pettersson, Swedish Defence Research Agency, Sweden Moving Target Indication II 50 Entropy Concept for Change Detection in Multitemporal SAR Images 221 R. Z. Schneider, D. Fernandes, Centra Tecnico Aeroespacial (CTA), Brazil 51 Estimating Scene Coherence