Incidence angle normalization of radar backscatter data

IE Mladenova, TJ Jackson, R Bindlish… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) proposed Soil Moisture Active
Passive (SMAP) satellite mission (~ 2014) will include a radar system that will provide L …

Design and implementation of embedded printed antenna arrays in small UAV wing structures

MS Sharawi, DN Aloi… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are extensively being used in exploration, surveillance
and military applications. Such vehicles often collect data via special sensors and send the …

The polarimetric L-band imaging synthetic aperture radar (PLIS): Description, calibration, and cross-validation

L Zhu, JP Walker, N Ye, C Rüdiger… - IEEE Journal of …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The polarimetric L-band imaging synthetic aperture radar (PLIS) is a high spatial resolution
(better than 6 m) airborne synthetic aperture radar system that has been dedicated to …

A planar printed antenna array embedded in the wing structure of a UAV for communication link enhancement

MS Sharawi, M Ibrahim, S Deif, DN Aloi - Progress In Electromagnetics …, 2013 - jpier.org
In this work a 12 element patch planar antenna array is designed, fabricated and tested
along with its radio frequency (RF) feed network at 2.45 GHz. The array is designed to be …

Performance of an embedded monopole antenna array in a UAV wing structure

MS Sharawi, OA Rawashdeh… - Melecon 2010-2010 15th …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work we present a small size, printed monopole antenna embedded within the wing
structure of a small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and operating in the 2.4 GHz ISM band …

A 1× 2 triple‐band printed antenna array for use in next generation flying AD‐HOC networks (FANETs)

BA Khawaja, MA Tarar, T Tauqeer… - Microwave and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A triple‐band 1 x 2 microstrip patch antenna array is proposed for use in next
generation flying ad‐hoc network (FANET) communication in multi‐UAV systems. The …

A 14-element printed planar antenna array embedded within a UAV structure

M Ibrahim, S Deif, MS Sharawi - 2012 Loughborough Antennas …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A 14 elements planar antenna array of printed patches is designed and fabricated to be
embedded inside the structure of an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) to enhance its …

The DESDynI synthetic aperture radar array-fed reflector antenna

N Chamberlain, H Ghaemi, L Giersch… - … on Phased Array …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
DESDynI is a mission being developed by NASA with radar and lidar instruments for Earth-
orbit remote sensing. This paper focuses on the design of a large-aperture antenna for the …

The UAVSAR Transmit/Receive Module

N Chamberlain, G Sadowy - 2008 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes the L-band transmit/receive (T/R) modules of the UAVSAR phased
array antenna. UAVSAR (uninhabited aerial vehicle synthetic aperture radar) is an airborne …

An embedded uniform linear monopole antenna array in a wing structure of a UAV

MS Sharawi, DN Aloi… - 2010 IEEE 11th Annual …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work we present the design and fabrication of a linear array of printed monopole
antennas embedded within the wing structure of a small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) …