SARVIS Airborne Campaign 2010 - Experiment Plan and Data Acquisition Report

Abstract

THE SAR VISION PROJECT (SARVIS) - HYDRAVISION-II is an EMRS DTC project whose objectives are to demonstrate and evaluate new and improved sensor technologies from EMRS DTC and other programmes, to assess capabilities in techniques & scenarios and provide real-time exercises relevant to current operations, including challenges for persistent surveillance techniques and change detection amongst others. In this context it is the goal of SAR Vision to demonstrate the capabilities of a very high resolution, dual-frequency X- and S-band polarimetric airborne SAR instrument when employed in mission scenarios with static and dynamic targets on the ground and scenarios with IED placement and persons carrying anti-tank or anti-aircraft missiles. In addition to the data gathering component of the project it is also intended to exploit this data using polarimetric and interferometric change detection techniques and to compare and contrast the results in the different frequency bands. This document describes the SAR Vision F-SAR radar measurement campaign prepared and conducted in April/May 2010 as part of the HYDRAVISION-II trials activity and summarizes the data acquired.