Abstract
In recent years, the demand for small-scale remote sensing, which is used in disaster monitoring, agriculture, and ground subsidence has increased. A multichannel synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system can provide image and topographic information of the illuminated scene, regardless of adverse weather conditions. As a cost-effective solution to radar imaging, a multichannel W-band SAR system mounted on a multirotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is presented. The radar module was designed to operate at W-band to achieve small size and weight allowing the module to be mounted on multirotor UAVs with small payload. A detailed description of the design and measurement of the system is provided in this paper. The radar imaging capability of the developed system was verified by performing outdoor experiments using isolated buildings as targets. The multichannel functionality of the system was verified by measuring height of a point target placed above the ground. The measurements and experiments verified the feasibility of a multichannel radar mounted on a multirotor UAV for imaging and topographic applications.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 9160919 |
| Pages (from-to) | 144413-144431 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | IEEE Access |
| Volume | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the Specialized Research Center for Next Generation Synthetic Aperture Radar, originally funded by the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) and Agency for Defense Development (ADD), South Korea, under Grant 2019-09-007.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2013 IEEE.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Computer Science(all)
- Materials Science(all)
- Engineering(all)