High range resolution laser scanner with full waveform recording

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dietmar Letalick ◽  
Håkan Larsson ◽  
Gustav Tolt ◽  
Lars Allard ◽  
Erika Wollner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Laser Scanner ◽  
Range Resolution ◽  
Full Waveform ◽  
High Range

scholarly journals Precision Imaging of Frequency Stepped SAR with Frequency Domain Extracted HRRP and Fast Factorized Back Projection Algorithm

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Can-bin Yin ◽  
Da Ran
Keyword(s):  
Fourier Transform ◽  
Frequency Domain ◽  
Single Point ◽  
Projection Algorithm ◽  
Great Promise ◽  
Back Projection ◽  
Imaging Processing ◽  
Block Partition ◽  
Range Resolution ◽  
High Range

Novel frequency domain extracted method (FDEM) to obtain high range resolution profile (HRRP) for frequency stepped synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is proposed in this paper, and the mathematical principle and formulas of this new HRRP obtaining idea combined with classical fast Fourier transform (FFT), chirp z transform (CZT), and single point Fourier transform (SPFT) are deduced, analyzed, and compared in detail. Based on the HRRP data, precision imaging processing is completed using a data block partition based fast factorized back projection algorithm. Imaging validations are executed and all results proved that the FDEM has a great capability of antijamming. It is more effective than conventional time domain IFFT method (TDM) and shows a great promise in frequency stepped radar imaging and applications.

An evolutionary multiclass algorithm for automatic classification of high range resolution radar targets

2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leo Carro-Calvo ◽  
Sancho Salcedo-Sanz ◽  
Roberto Gil-Pita ◽  
Antonio Portilla-Figueras ◽  
Manuel Rosa-Zurera
Keyword(s):  
Automatic Classification ◽  
Range Resolution ◽  
Radar Targets ◽  
High Range Resolution Radar ◽  
High Range

scholarly journals Spectral and spatial information from a novel dual-wavelength full-waveform terrestrial laser scanner for forest ecology

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 20170049 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Mark Danson ◽  
Fadal Sasse ◽  
Lucy A. Schofield
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiments ◽  
Forest Ecology ◽  
Laser Scanner ◽  
Dual Wavelength ◽  
Leaf Biomass ◽  
Terrestrial Laser Scanner ◽  
Area Index ◽  
Waveform Data ◽  
Full Waveform ◽  
Wide Range

The Salford Advanced Laser Canopy Analyser (SALCA) is an experimental terrestrial laser scanner designed and built specifically to measure the structural and biophysical properties of forest canopies. SALCA is a pulsed dual-wavelength instrument with co-aligned laser beams recording backscattered energy at 1063 and 1545 nm; it records full-waveform data by sampling the backscattered energy at 1 GHz giving a range resolution of 150 mm. The finest angular sampling resolution is 1 mrad and around 9 million waveforms are recorded over a hemisphere above the tripod-mounted scanner in around 110 min. Starting in 2010, data pre-processing and calibration approaches, data analysis and information extraction methods were developed and a wide range of field experiments conducted. The overall objective is to exploit the spatial, spectral and temporal characteristics of the data to produce ecologically useful information on forest and woodland canopies including leaf area index, plant area volume density and leaf biomass, and to explore the potential for tree species identification and classification. This paper outlines the key challenges in instrument development, highlights the potential applications for providing new data for forest ecology, and describes new avenues for exploring information-rich data from the next generation of terrestrial laser scanners instruments like SALCA.

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