Portable SAR Image Processor
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To support the X-band SAR radar onboard the US Open Skies OC-135, SPC created the Portable SAR Image Processor.
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SAR Processing Requirements
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- Certify and validate Open Skies SAR performance
- Provide 18.5 km swath with 3 meter resolution
- Portability
- User-friendly workstation environment including geolocation capability
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- SUNSPARCstation 20/61 based processor
- Data Input/Output - Ampex DCRSi, Metrum VLDS, Optical Disk, 4/8mm Tape, Hard Drive, CD-RW, DVD-RAM
- Rapid throughput
- Output - hardcopy or disk
- Image processing
- Automatic motion compensation
- Full image, full resolution
- Quick look processing, decimated resolution
- Operator features
- Pan and zoom
- Pixel location
- Integration with other sensors
- On-screen maps
- Flightpath and swath width display
- MTI radars
- Infrared
- Video
- Automatic resolution display
- Gaussian function method
- Fourier transform method
- Current applications
- DTRA support of Open Skies Treaty
- Airborne X-band SAR
- Software development
- X-Windows, Motif, C, FORTRAN, WinNT
- Other platforms available
- Cray, HP, Silicon Graphics, PC
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