HIGH-ALTITUDE MEASUREMENTS OF SNOW THICKNESS USING ULTRA-WIDEBAND MICROWAVE RADAR

被引:0
|
作者
Talasila, H. [1 ]
Rodriguez-Morales, F. [1 ]
Paden, J. [1 ]
Leuschen, C. [1 ]
Kaundinya, S. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Kansas, Ctr Remote Sensing & Integrated Syst, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA
关键词
FMCW radar; snow cover thickness; high-altitude;
D O I
10.1109/IGARSS52108.2023.10282897
中图分类号
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号
07 ;
摘要
This paper presents enhanced data products from an airborne ultra-wideband frequency modulated (FM) microwave radar capable of measuring cm-scale of snow cover thickness from high altitude (>1.3 km above ground level, AGL). We use advanced radar hardware combined with a custom synthetic aperture radar (SAR) algorithm applied in post-processing to demonstrate a unique capability of retrieving snow cover depth values down to similar to 5 cm over a <35-m footprint from altitudes as high as 5,800 m AGL. The improved detection capabilities presented here will be advantageous to maximize mapping coverage while maintaining fine granularity during high altitude surveys.
引用
收藏
页码:24 / 27
页数:4
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [1] ULTRA-WIDEBAND RADAR MEASUREMENTS OF SNOW THICKNESS OVER SEA ICE
    Panzer, Ben
    Leuschen, Carl
    Patel, Aqsa
    Markus, Thorsten
    Gogineni, Sivaprasad
    2010 IEEE INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING SYMPOSIUM, 2010, : 3130 - 3133
  • [2] An ultra-wideband radar for measurements of snow thickness over sea ice
    Gogineni, S
    Wong, K
    Krishnan, S
    Kanagaratnam, P
    Markus, T
    Lytle, V
    IGARSS 2003: IEEE INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING SYMPOSIUM, VOLS I - VII, PROCEEDINGS: LEARNING FROM EARTH'S SHAPES AND SIZES, 2003, : 2802 - 2804
  • [3] Ultra-Wideband Bistatic Radar Measurements of Snow
    Reyhanigalangashi, Omid
    Gogineni, Siva-Prasad
    Taylor, Drew
    Kolpuke, Shriniwas
    Abushakra, Feras
    Larson, Jordan D.
    Bhandari, Aabhash
    IEEE JOURNAL OF MICROWAVES, 2024, : 894 - 905
  • [4] Multichannel Ultra-wideband Airborne Radar for Snow Backscattering Measurements
    Yan, J. -B.
    Gogineni, S.
    Gomez-Garcia, D.
    McDaniel, J.
    Li, Y.
    Challa, D.
    Brozena, J.
    2016 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON PHASED ARRAY SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY (PAST), 2016,
  • [5] A PROTOTYPE ULTRA-WIDEBAND FMCW RADAR FOR SNOW AND SOIL-MOISTURE MEASUREMENTS
    Taylor, Ryan A.
    Gogineni, Sivaprasad
    Gurbuz, Sevgi
    Kolpuke, Shriniwas
    Li, Linfeng
    O'Neill, Charles
    Yan, Jie-Bang
    Akins, Torry
    Carswell, James
    Braaten, David
    Tsutaki, Shun
    Abe-Ouchi, A.
    Fujita, Shuji
    Kawamura, Kenji
    Van Liefferinge, Brice
    Matsuoka, Kenichi
    2019 IEEE INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING SYMPOSIUM (IGARSS 2019), 2019, : 3974 - 3977
  • [6] Development of an Ultra-wideband Vivaldi Antenna Array for Radar Measurement of Snow Thickness and Density
    Aziz, M. A.
    Yan, J. B.
    Camps-Raga, B.
    Gogineni, S.
    Rodriguez-Morales, F.
    Leuschen, C.
    2014 USNC-URSI RADIO SCIENCE MEETING (JOINT WITH AP-S SYMPOSIUM), 2014, : 101 - 101
  • [7] Ultra-wideband radar measurements over bare and snow-covered saline tee
    Gogineni, S
    Kanagaratnam, P
    Jezek, K
    IGARSS '96 - 1996 INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING SYMPOSIUM: REMOTE SENSING FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE, VOLS I - IV, 1996, : 1196 - 1198
  • [8] ULTRA-WIDEBAND RADARS FOR MEASUREMENTS OVER ICE AND SNOW
    Gogineni, S.
    Yan, J. -B.
    Gomez-Garcia, D.
    Rodriguez-Morales, F.
    Leuschen, C.
    Wang, Z.
    Paden, J.
    Hale, R.
    Arnold, E.
    Braaten, D.
    2015 IEEE INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING SYMPOSIUM (IGARSS), 2015, : 4204 - 4207
  • [9] Ultra-Wideband Microwave Radar for Medical Imaging Applications
    Kromer, Mathias
    Dominic, Hima
    Echle, Reinhard
    Harter, Marlene
    2022 IEEE USNC-URSI RADIO SCIENCE MEETING (JOINT WITH AP-S SYMPOSIUM), 2022, : 74 - 75
  • [10] Ultra-wideband radar
    Immoreev, I
    Ziganshin, E
    ULTRAWIDEBAND AND ULTRASHORT IMPULSE SIGNALS, PROCEEDINGS, 2004, : 211 - 213