Dry snow extent monitoring using multi-frequency and multi-temporal polarimetric indicators Audrey Martini, Laurent Ferro-Famil, Eric Pottier IETR- UMR CNRS 6164, University of Rennes 1- Bât 11C -263 Av. G. Leclerc, CS 74205 35042 Rennes Cedex, France Email:audrey.martini-univ-rennes1.fr II. TEST SITE AND SAR DATA The test region is located in southern French alps (N 44°.15' / E 7°.15') and was me

Decoding techniques for SSR Mode S signals in high traffic environment 1, 2, 3 Gaspare Galati 1, Maurizio Gasbarra 2, Emilio G. Piracci 3 Tor Vergata University, DISP and Vito Volterra Centre, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133, Rome, Italy, Voice +390672597417, Fax +390672597532 Email: Galati-disp.uniroma2.it 1, Gasbarra-disp.uniroma2.it 2 number of wrong decoded bits, (i.e. errors in the reconstructe

Design of a Phase Shifter with Improved Bandwidth using Embedded Series-Shunt Switches Dong-Woo Kang1, Hoseon Lee1, Kyong Hee Lee2, Soon-Ik Jeon2, and Songcheol Hong1 1 Dept.EECS , Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 373-1, Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-701, Republic of Korea 2 Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), 161 Gajeong-dong, Yuseong

Wide Area Surveillance using SSR Mode S Multilateration: advantages and limitations Gaspare Galati 1, Mauro Leonardi 2, Pierfrancesco Magarò 3, Valerio Paciucci 4 1, 2, 3,4 Tor Vergata University, DISP and Vito Volterra Centre, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133, Rome, Italy, Voice +390672597416, Fax +390672597532 Abstract - There is an increasing interest on the various applications of the SSR Mode S

Quantitative Assessment of Physical Information Retrieved via Multidimensional Radar Systems Carlos Lopez-Martinez, Eric Pottier Institut d'Electronique et de Télécommunications de Rennes UMR CNRS 6164 Groupe Image et Télédétection - Equipe S.A.P.H.I.R. Université de Rennes 1 Campus de Beaulieu - Bat. 11D - Bureau 101, 263 Avenue General Leclerc, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France Tel./Fax: +33 (0)2 2323

The Cruciform Antenna And associated signal processing Jean-Marc Cortambert 1, Michel Granger 2, Dominique Medynski 3, 1 Graduated from Ecole Nationale des techniques Avancées - Paris He presently is Ingénieur en Chef de l'Armement at DGA 2 Retired from University and DGA 3 Graduated from Ecole Nationale des Télécommunications - Paris He presently is senior research scientist at ONERA II. DESCRIP

Time-frequency analysis of polarimetric SAR images Paul Leducq, Laurent Ferro-Famil, Eric Pottier Institut d'Electronique et de T´ l´ communication de Rennes ­ Universit´ de Rennes 1 ee e Campus de Beaulieu - Bat 11.D, 263 Avenue G´ n´ ral Leclerc, CS 74205, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France e e Equipe SAPHIR - T´ l´ phone : 02 23 23 57 07 ­ Fax : 02 23 23 69 63 ee email: paul.leducq-univ-rennes1.fr,laur

An integrated spiral antenna system for UWB Magnus Karlsson, and Shaofang Gong University of Linköping, Department of Science and Technology - ITN, LiU Norrköping, SE-601 74 Norrköping, Sweden, Phone +46 11363491 Abstract -- As wireless communication applications require more and more bandwidth, the demand for wideband antennas increases as well. For instance, the ultra wideband radio (UWB) utili

Characterisation of Buildings using Polarimetric Interferometric Multiple Track L-Band SAR Data S. Sauer1, L. Ferro-Famil1, A. Reigber2, E. Pottier1 1 University of Rennes 1, IETR Laboratory, Radar Polarimetry Group, Campus de Beaulieu, Bât 11D, 263 Avenue General Leclerc, CS 74205, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France, Tel./Fax: ++33-223-235085 / 236963 2 Berlin University of Technology, Computer Vision

Texture Analysis of SAR Images Applied to Speckle Filtering Olivier D'Hondt, Laurent Ferro-Famil, Eric Pottier IETR Laboratory, Image and Remote Sensing Group, University of Rennes 1 263 Avenue General Leclerc, CS 74205 35042 Rennes Cedex, France E-mail : olivier.dhondt-univ-rennes1.fr Abstract-- This paper proposes a new model for the two-point statistics of spatial texture in SAR images. The aut