Borehole radar can be used in a single-hole reflection mode or in a cross-hole tomography mode. In the reflection mode, radar provides an image of discontinuities in the bedrock surrounding a borehole, including bedding planes, lithologic contacts, fractures, and cavities. The measurements are either directional or omnidirectional, depending upon the type of equipment and antennas. In the tomog...

In this paper, a detector/estimator is proposed for compressed sensing radars, which does not need to reconstruct the radar signal, and which works directly from compressive measurements. More precisely, through direct processing of the measurements, and without the need for reconstructing the original radar signal, the system performs target detection, and then estimates range, Doppler frequen...

The results of automatic discrimination between weather and sea clutter using S-band dual-polarization Doppler weather radar are presented. The data were collected with the NCAR SPOL radar located in the Pacific shoreline near Seattle, USA. The multiparameter dataset includes backscattered power P (or radar reflectivity Z), Doppler velocity V, spectrum width σv, differential reflectivity ZDR (p...

L-band multipolarized (i.e. HH, VV, VH and HV) multiple incidence angle aircraft Synthetic Aperture R~dar data were analyzed in relation to the biomass and other stand parameters (e.g. basal area, dI~me!er at breast hel~h~, tree height, and stand volume) for 35 slash pine plantations. The purpose was to detennme If there are statistIcally significant relationships between slash pine stand bioma...

This effort continues a study of the effects of rain, over the oceans, on the signal retrieved by the SeaWinds scatterometer. It is determined that the backscatter radar cross section can be used to estimate the volumetric rain rate, averaged horizontally, across the surface resolution cells of the scatterometer. The dual polarization of the radar has a key role in developing this capability. T...