Concepts for Monitoring and Surveillance using Space Borne SAR Systems

Abstract

In this paper we introduce a concept for monitoring and surveillance based on SAR imagery. A workflow for detection and characterization of changes is presented and discussed. SAR imagery is quite efficient for detection of changes, but less adequate for characterization of the changes. For this purpose context information can be used or detailed geographical information, derived from optical satellite imagery. We discuss two case studies on basis of the workflow, one with present-day satellite SAR data and one with high-resolution air borne SAR data resembling data from future high-resolution radar satellites.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA469983

Entities

People

  • Albertus Van Den Broek
  • Philippe Steeghs
  • Rob Dekker

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Case Studies
  • Change Detection
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • False Alarms
  • High Pressure
  • High Resolution
  • Monitoring
  • Radar
  • Remote Sensing
  • Satellite Imaging
  • Surveillance
  • Time Intervals
  • Urban Areas
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects