ADA538948_在美国宇航局塞拉无人机系统上使用微型asar

Using the MicroASAR on the NASA SIERRA UASin the Characterization of Arctic Sea Ice ExperimentEvan Zaugg,David Long,Matthew Edwards,Matthew Fladeland,Richard Kolyer,Ian Crocker,James Maslanik,Ute Herzfeld,and Bruce WallinBrigham Young University-459 CB Provo,UT 84602-Email:zauggmers.byu.eduARTEMIS,Inc.-36 Central Ave Hauppauge,NY 11788-Email:NASA Ames Research Center-MS 245-4 Moffett Field,CA 94035-Email:matthew.fladelandnasa.govUniversity of Colorado-CCAR,UCB431 Boulder,CO 80309-Email:roger.crockercolorado.eduUniversity of Colorado-CIRES Boulder,CO 80309-Email:herzfeldtryfan.colorado.eduAbstractThe MicroASAR is a flexible,robust SAR systembuilt on the successful legacy of the BYU SAR.It is a compactLFM-CW SAR system designed for low-power operation onsmall,manned aircraft or UAS.The NASA SIERRA UAS wasdesigned to test new instruments and support flight experiments.NASA used the MicroASAR on the SIERRA during a sciencefield campaign in 2009 to study sea ice roughness and break-up inthe Arctic and high northern latitudes.This mission is known asCASIE-09(Characterization of Arctic Sea Ice Experiment 2009).This paper describes the MicroASAR and its role flying on theSIERRA UAS platfor