Starting from the reborn international interest in lunar exploration and the widely documented need for hyper-accurate measurements of Earth crustal dynamics, at a high revisit frequency and on a global scale, this paper presents the idea of a Moon-based interferometric synthetic aperture radar. After introducing models to describe synthetic antenna formation and discussing key issues of a Moon-based radar for Earth remote sensing, a preliminary system design and performance analysis are conducted. Quantitative results are presented in terms of achievable resolutions and needed radar parameters. Although the Moon-based observatory requires technical solutions and a budget that make likely its realization only in the far term, a comparison with currently planned spaceborne interferometric systems shows that it offers height measurement accuracies at a level and with a frequency not achievable otherwise.

Synthetic Aperture Radar for Earth Observation from a Lunar Base: performance and potential applications / Moccia, Antonio; Renga, Alfredo. - In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AEROSPACE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS. - ISSN 0018-9251. - STAMPA. - 46:3(2010), pp. 1034-1051. [10.1109/TAES.2010.5545172]

Synthetic Aperture Radar for Earth Observation from a Lunar Base: performance and potential applications

MOCCIA, ANTONIO;RENGA, ALFREDO
2010

Abstract

Starting from the reborn international interest in lunar exploration and the widely documented need for hyper-accurate measurements of Earth crustal dynamics, at a high revisit frequency and on a global scale, this paper presents the idea of a Moon-based interferometric synthetic aperture radar. After introducing models to describe synthetic antenna formation and discussing key issues of a Moon-based radar for Earth remote sensing, a preliminary system design and performance analysis are conducted. Quantitative results are presented in terms of achievable resolutions and needed radar parameters. Although the Moon-based observatory requires technical solutions and a budget that make likely its realization only in the far term, a comparison with currently planned spaceborne interferometric systems shows that it offers height measurement accuracies at a level and with a frequency not achievable otherwise.
2010
Synthetic Aperture Radar for Earth Observation from a Lunar Base: performance and potential applications / Moccia, Antonio; Renga, Alfredo. - In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AEROSPACE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS. - ISSN 0018-9251. - STAMPA. - 46:3(2010), pp. 1034-1051. [10.1109/TAES.2010.5545172]
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