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  • 2013 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to advanced synthetic aperture radar systems

Overview

Gerhard Krieger is affiliated with the German Aerospace Center in Germany. Their primary field of study is Engineering, with a significant focus on Aerospace Engineering. Their research spans several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, Ocean Engineering, and Oceanography.

The scientist's research work centers extensively on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) applications and techniques, advanced SAR imaging techniques, and radar systems and signal processing. Additional topics include soil moisture and remote sensing, cryospheric studies and observations, antenna design and optimization, and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics.

Gerhard Krieger has a substantial track record of scientific publications, frequently contributing to notable publication venues. These include:

  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
  • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on SAR interferometry, radar imaging, and radar system design. Noteworthy recent publications include:

  • "TanDEM-X: 10 Years of Formation Flying Bistatic SAR Interferometry" (2021), IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • "MirrorSAR: An HRWS Add-On for Single-Pass Multi-Baseline SAR Interferometry" (2021), IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • "Taking a Look Beneath the Surface: Multicopter UAV-Based Ground-Penetrating Imaging Radars" (2022), IEEE Microwave Magazine
  • "The TanDEM-X Mission Phases-Ten Years of Bistatic Acquisition and Formation Planning" (2021), IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • "Digital Beamforming for Spaceborne Reflector-Based Synthetic Aperture Radar, Part 1: Basic imaging modes" (2021), IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine

Collaboration is a significant part of their research activity. Frequent co-authors include Michelangelo Villano, Alberto Moreira, Marc Rodríguez-Cassolà, Paola Rizzoli, and Michele Martone.

Gerhard Krieger has been recognized with the IEEE Fellow award in 2013 for contributions to advanced synthetic aperture radar systems.

Best Publications

  • A tutorial on synthetic aperture radar

    A. Moreira;P. Prats-Iraola;M. Younis;G. Krieger

  • TanDEM-X: A Satellite Formation for High-Resolution SAR Interferometry

    G. Krieger;A. Moreira;H. Fiedler;I. Hajnsek

  • Unambiguous SAR signal reconstruction from nonuniform displaced phase center sampling

    G. Krieger;N. Gebert;A. Moreira

  • Multidimensional Waveform Encoding: A New Digital Beamforming Technique for Synthetic Aperture Radar Remote Sensing

    G. Krieger;N. Gebert;A. Moreira

  • Errata: Digital Beamforming on Receive: Techniques and Optimization Strategies for High-Resolution Wide-Swath SAR Imaging

    Nicolas Gebert;Michelangelo Villano;Gerhard Krieger;Alberto Moreira

  • MIMO-SAR: Opportunities and Pitfalls

    Gerhard Krieger

  • Spaceborne bi- and multistatic SAR: potential and challenges

    Gerhard Krieger;Alberto Moreira

  • Tandem-L: A Highly Innovative Bistatic SAR Mission for Global Observation of Dynamic Processes on the Earth's Surface

    Alberto Moreira;Gerhard Krieger;Irena Hajnsek;Konstantinos Papathanassiou

  • TanDEM-X: A satellite formation for high-resolution SAR interferometry

    G. Krieger;H. Fiedler;M. Zink;I. Hajnsek

  • Bistatic radar : emerging technology

    Mikhail Cherniakov;Marco D'Errico;Alberto Moreira;Gerhard Krieger

  • Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Missions Employing Formation Flying

    Gerhard Krieger;Irena Hajnsek;Konstantinos Panagiotis Papathanassiou;Marwan Younis

  • TanDEM-X: a TerraSAR-X add-on satellite for single-pass SAR interferometry

    A. Moreira;G. Krieger;I. Hajnsek;D. Hounam

  • Object and scene analysis by saccadic eye-movements: an investigation with higher-order statistics.

    Gerhard Krieger;Ingo Rentschler;Gert Hauske;Kerstin Schill

  • Staggered SAR: High-Resolution Wide-Swath Imaging by Continuous PRI Variation

    Michelangelo Villano;Gerhard Krieger;Alberto Moreira

  • TanDEM-X: A radar interferometer with two formation-flying satellites

    Gerhard Krieger;Manfred Zink;Markus Bachmann;Benjamin Bräutigam

  • TanDEM-X: The New Global DEM Takes Shape

    Manfred Zink;Markus Bachmann;Benjamin Brautigam;Thomas Fritz

  • Impact of oscillator noise in bistatic and multistatic SAR

    G. Krieger;M.R. Cassola;M. Younis;R. Metzig

  • Bistatic TerraSAR-X/F-SAR Spaceborne–Airborne SAR Experiment: Description, Data Processing, and Results

    M. Rodriguez-Cassola;S.V. Baumgartner;G. Krieger;A. Moreira

  • Performance prediction of a phase synchronization link for bistatic SAR

    M. Younis;R. Metzig;G. Krieger

  • The global forest/non-forest map from TanDEM-X interferometric SAR data

    Michele Martone;Paola Rizzoli;Christopher Wecklich;Carolina González

  • Performance Comparison of Reflector- and Planar-Antenna Based Digital Beam-Forming SAR

    Marwan Younis;Sigurd Huber;Anton Patyuchenko;Federica Bordoni

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott Hensley
Scott Hensley Jet Propulsion Lab
Steven Gao
Steven Gao University of Kent
Jose A. Encinar
Jose A. Encinar Technical University of Madrid

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