A custom lightweight UAV for radar remote sensing: Concept design, properties and possible applications

Schütz M, Oesterlein M, Birkenhauer C, Vossiek M (2017)


Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2017

Conference Proceedings Title: 2017 IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Microwaves for Intelligent Mobility (ICMIM 2017)

DOI: 10.1109/ICMIM.2017.7918868

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce a novel, tailor-made UAV-based sensor platform for radar remote sensing. It is controlled by a redundantly implemented, customized flight control and equipped with a comprehensive embedded system for radar baseband processing. Both systems are synchronized with a common, low-phase noise and temperature-stable reference clock, which allows coherent acquisition and continuous recording of sensor data. A commercial differential GPS system is used for positioning. The platform potentially allows interferometric remote sensing with synthetic apertures. In a first case study, it is equipped with a bistatic 24GHz MIMO radar system to create a side-looking-airborne-radar, allowing full interferometric SAR processing. As a proof-of-concept, a radar altimeter measurement is presented, which replaces and outperforms common altitude estimators, such as barometric or ultra sonic sensors.

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APA:

Schütz, M., Oesterlein, M., Birkenhauer, C., & Vossiek, M. (2017). A custom lightweight UAV for radar remote sensing: Concept design, properties and possible applications. In 2017 IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Microwaves for Intelligent Mobility (ICMIM 2017).

MLA:

Schütz, Martin, et al. "A custom lightweight UAV for radar remote sensing: Concept design, properties and possible applications." Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Microwaves for Intelligent Mobility (ICMIM 2017) 2017.

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