The New Italian Airborne Multiband Interferometric and Polarimetric SAR (MIPS) System: First Flight Test Results

Abstract

In recent years, airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) remote sensing is becoming more and more attractive, thanks to the operational flexibility and observation capabilities provided by aerial SAR systems, and also due to the comparatively low-cost of these radar devices. In this work, we show the preliminary results relevant to the first acquisition campaign of the new Italian airborne Multiband Interferometric and Polarimetric SAR (MIPS) system, which is based on the Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) technology, and is able to operate at both X- and L-band.