Ground-based interferometry & polarimetry
A radar scan of the ETH Hoenggerberg campus, computed with KAPRI - a polarimetric Ku-Band advanced portable radar interferometer.
We are equipped with a ground based real aperture radar interferometer. It is a Ku band real aperture FMCW radar, which offers a range resolution of 0.75 m and an azimuth resolution of 0.4 degrees. With the addition of vertically and horizontally polarized antennas, this model allows to acquire a fully polarimetric, interferometric data set in a single pass. This is of interest for terrain mapping (generation of DEMs), deformation measurement and agricultural applications. Because of its portability and fast acquisition rates, it makes very easy and interesting for us to experiment with different acquisition configuration, time scales and locations.