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Title

  • Main Title Fusion of radar data to extract 3-dimensional objects LDRD final report

Creator

  • Author: Fellerhoff, R.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Hensley, B.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  • Author: Carande, R.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Burkhart, G.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Ledner, R.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Vexcel Corp., Boulder, CO (United States)

Contributor

  • Sponsor: United States. Department of Energy.
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)

Publisher

  • Name: Sandia National Laboratories
    Place of Publication: Albuquerque, New Mexico
    Additional Info: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Date

  • Creation: 1997-03-01

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (IFSAR) is a very promising technology for remote mapping of 3-Dimensional objects. In particular, 3-D maps of urban areas are extremely important to a wide variety of users, both civilian and military. However, 3-D maps produced by traditional optical stereo (stereogrammetry) techniques can be quite expensive to obtain, and accurate urban maps can only be obtained with a large amount of human-intensive interpretation work. IFSAR has evolved over the last decade as a mapping technology that promises to eliminate much of the human-intensive work in producing elevation maps. However, IFSAR systems have only been robustly demonstrated in non-urban areas, and have not traditionally been able to produce data with enough detail to be of general use in urban areas. Sandia Laboratories Twin Otter IFSAR was the first mapping radar system with the proper parameter set to provide sufficiently detailed information in a large number of urban areas. The goal of this LDRD was to fuse previously unused information derived from IFSAR data in urban areas that can be used to extract accurate digital elevation models (DEMs) over wide areas without intensive human interaction.
  • Physical Description: 30 p.

Subject

  • Keyword: Mapping
  • Keyword: Remote Sensing
  • Keyword: Data Processing
  • STI Subject Categories: 99 Mathematics, Computers, Information Science, Management, Law, Miscellaneous
  • Keyword: Radar
  • Keyword: Interferometry
  • Keyword: Three-Dimensional Calculations
  • Keyword: Remote Viewing Equipment
  • STI Subject Categories: 44 Instrumentation, Including Nuclear And Particle Detectors
  • Keyword: Image Processing
  • STI Subject Categories: 42 Engineering Not Included In Other Categories

Source

  • Other Information: PBD: Mar 1997

Collection

  • Name: Office of Scientific & Technical Information Technical Reports
    Code: OSTI

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Other: DE97004911
  • Report No.: SAND--97-0675
  • Grant Number: AC04-94AL85000
  • DOI: 10.2172/465873
  • Office of Scientific & Technical Information Report Number: 465873
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc684386

Note

  • Display Note: OSTI as DE97004911
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