Scoping A Document On Recommended Practices For Synthetic Aperture Radiometry

In the framework of the newly formed IEEE Signal Processing Society Synthetic Aperture Standards Committee, a Synthetic Aperture Radiometry Working Group (WG) is in its formative stages to develop a document that describes recommended practices for exploiting aperture synthesis to construct thermometric images of scenes from which to derive useful information such as salinity of oceans and floating ice, moisture of soils and early detection of signs of conflagration. The WG will consider the impact of performing aperture synthesis on architectural and performance aspects of an array of radiometers. This WG will identify and describe a preferred set of architectural and performance features for each radiometer as well as array configurations of these that lend themselves to accurately locating and registering images of scenes of interest. This undertaking will be conducted with oversight by bodies under the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SAS) and sponsored by the IEEE Signal Processing Society (IEEE-SPS).