Helmholtz Imaging Annual Conference 2025

Session

Data Acquisition

Talk 18

26 Jun 2025, 16:25

Schinkelhalle Potsdam

Conveners

Data Acquisition: High-resolution 3D subsurface imaging with drone-borne SAR systems

• Mahdi Motagh (GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences)

70. High-resolution 3D subsurface imaging with drone-borne SAR systems

We present preliminary results from a novel drone-borne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system designed for tomographic imaging of subsurface structures. This system combines advanced flight path strategies—including circular and helical trajectories—with back-projection SAR processing to achieve high-resolution imaging at depth. Operating across three frequency bands (P, L, and C), the radar...