Open AccessA NEW UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
Author(s) -
Voon Chet Koo,
Yee Kit Chan,
Vetharatnam Gobi,
Ming Yam Chua,
Chot Hun Lim,
Chee-Siong Lim,
C. Thum,
Tien Sze Lim,
Zahid bin Ahmad,
Khairul Annuar Mahmood,
Mohd. Shahid,
C. Y. Ang,
Tan Watanabe,
PangNing Tan,
Kuo Shen Yee,
Wen Guey Cheaw,
Huey Shen Boey,
Ai Ling Choo,
Bee Cheng Sew
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
electromagnetic waves
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1559-8985
pISSN - 1070-4698
DOI - 10.2528/pier11092604
Subject(s) - remote sensing , synthetic aperture radar , environmental monitoring , radar , environmental science , drone , computer science , aeronautics , engineering , aerospace engineering , geography , environmental engineering , biology , genetics
A new Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) has been developed at Multimedia University, in collaboration with Agency of Remote Sensing Malaysia. The SAR operates at C-band, single $VV$-polarization, with 5 m x 5 m spatial resolution. Its unique features include compact in size, light weight, low power and capable of performing real-time imaging. A series of field measurements and flight tests has been conducted and good quality SAR images have been obtained. The system will be used for monitoring and management of earth resources such as paddy fields, oil palm plantation and soil surface. This paper reports the system design and development, as well as some preliminary results of the UAVSAR
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