This article develops and examines techniques to enable coherent change detection (CCD) for short-range, high-resolution drone-borne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems operating at high frequencies. The potential of using high frequencies at short ranges for fine-resolution imagery and sensitivity to temporal change detection is highlighted, as are the challenges in terms of sensitivity to SAR motion errors. SAR system characteristics for CCD are derived, and the impact of motion errors, which leads to spatial decorrelation and co-registration errors on CCD maps, is discussed. Subsequently, a CCD algorithm able to generate change maps with a >0.75 average coherence value is presented. The validity of the approach is tested through various experimental scenarios. As a result, car tyre marks and human footprints are possible to discern with a drone-borne SAR demonstrator operating at 24 GHz.This article develops and examines techniques to enable coherent change detection (CCD) for short-range, high-resolution drone-borne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems operating at high frequencies. The potential of using high frequencies at short ranges for fine-resolution imagery and sensitivity to temporal change detection is highlighted, as are the challenges in terms of sensitivity to SAR motion errors. SAR system characteristics for CCD are derived, and the impact of motion errors, which leads to spatial decorrelation and co-registration errors on CCD maps, is discussed. Subsequently, a CCD algorithm able to generate change maps with a >0.75 average coherence value is presented. The validity of the approach is tested through various experimental scenarios. As a result, car tyre marks and human footprints are possible to discern with a drone-borne SAR demonstrator operating at 24 GHz. Leer más
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