A Fuzzy Approach Using Euclidean Geometrical Formulation for Classifying SAR Images

Synthetic Aperture Radar (Sar): An Overview

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) has been developed since 1951 in response to the comments made by Carl Wiley of Goodyear Aircraft Corporation. He noted that he could have obtained a high resolution angular analyzing the spectrum of the received signal from a radar system of the type consistent. Wiley's ideas were later detailed at the University of Michigan and led to the development of an airborne SAR system (AN/UPD-1) for the U.S. Army. The huge development technological occurred in the following years led to the creation of a SAR system by satellite platform which was launched in 1978 on board the satellite SEASAT. After this first experiment, Earth Observation eighties saw the birth of the SAR systems carried aboard the shuttle. Following from the early nineties almost all the space agencies have included among their programs launching platforms bringing on board sensors SAR. Among these include: the ESA program ERS 1/2, the NASDA JERS of the Canadian RADARSAT.