Henrique R. Schmitt (Computational Physics, Inc.), David Mozurkewich (Seabrook Engineering), Anders M. Jorgensen (Electrical Engineering Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology), Sergio R. Restaino (Remote Sensing Division, Naval Research Laboratory), J. Thomas Armstrong (Remote Sensing Division, Naval Research Laboratory), Ellyn K. Baines (Remote Sensing Division, Naval Research Laboratory), Robert B. Hindsley (Remote Sensing Division, Naval Research Laboratory)
Keywords: simulation, SSA
Abstract:
We simulate observations of a satellite using various optical interferometer configurations, and reconstruct images with aperture synthesis techniques from these simulated observations. We compare the typical Y-shaped interferometer design to arrays of 30 telescopes on either a redundant or a non-redundant hexagonal grid and to an array mounted on a linear movable boom, all with multiple spectral channels covering a broad wavelength range. We investigate the number of telescopes, the baseline lengths, and the configuration that retrieve the most accurate image relative to the original.
Date of Conference: September 13-16, 2011
Track: Poster