The Virginia Bach Search and Rescue Experiment

摘要

I May, 1998, the NASA Search and Rescue Mission conducted a SAR crash detection tst in the swampy area south and west of Virginia Beach. A number of aircraft parts wer hidden in the dense foliage. The radar used was the Navy P-3 with the ERIM XLC and UHF SR, providing fine resolution imagery with full plarimetry and an IFSR capability. This paper reports preliminary results of this test.