Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) pattern discovery using the science of emergence
J.A. Pierro, Mark Pass · 2017
All sensors including Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) capture vast amounts of critical knowledge that is often contained within raw and processed sensor data, yet is undetectable, obscured or never presented. Through the application of emergence algorithms, patterns, relationships and events that are hidden or hard to find within the data are revealed in rapid to near-real time speeds. Emergence algorithms originally developed to reveal hidden diseases, are extending the capability of SAR sensors to see in effect “below” the ocean surface, revealing hidden signatures of boats, submersibles, aircraft and missiles, and often revealing things no-one expected to discover. After a brief review of SAR theory and representative image products, examples of signatures “hidden” within these SAR images will be presented.