A high frequency vibration compensation approach for ultrahigh resolution SAR imaging based on sinusoidal frequency modulation Fourier-Bessel transform

Ultrahigh resolution synthetic aperture radar(SAR)imaging for ship targets is significant in SAR imaging,but it suffers from high frequency vibration of the platform,which will induce defocus into SAR imaging results.In this paper,a novel compensation method based on the sinusoidal frequency modulation Fourier-Bessel transform(SFMFBT)is proposed,it can estimate the vibration errors,and the phase shift ambiguity can be avoided via extracting the time frequency ridge consequently.By constructing the corresponding compensation function and combined with the inverse SAR(ISAR)technique,well-focused imaging results can be obtained.The simulation imaging results of ship targets demonstrate the validity of the proposed approach.

Wave height measurement in the Taiwan Strait with a portable high frequency surface wave radar

As an important equipment for sea state remote sensing, high frequency surface wave radar （HFSWR） has received more and more attention. The conventional method for wave height inversion is based on the ratio of the integration of the second-order spectral continuum to that of the first-order region, where the strong external noise and the incorrect delineation of the first- and second-order Doppler spectral regions due to spectral aliasing are two major sources of errors in the wave height. To account for these factors, two more indices are introduced to the wave height estimation, i.e., the ratio of the maximum power of the second-or- der continuum to that of the Bragg spectral region （RSCB） and the ratio of the power of the second harmonic peak to that of the Bragg peak （RSHB）. Both indices also have a strong correlation with the underlying wave height. On the basis of all these indices an empirical model is proposed to estimate the wave height. This method has been used in a three-months long experiment of the ocean state measuring and analyzing ra- dar, type S （OSMAR-S）, which is a portable HFSWR with compact cross-loop/monopole receive antennas developed by Wuhan University since 2006. During the experiment in the Taiwan Strait, the significant wave height varied from 0 to 5 m. The significant wave heights estimated by the OSMAR-S correlate well with the data provided by the Oceanweather Inc. for comparison, with a correlation coefficient of 0.74 and a root mean square error （RMSE） of 0.77 m. The proposed method has made an effective improvement to the wave height estimation and thus a further step toward operational use of the OSMAR-S in the wave height extraction.

Surface tidal currents in the open sea area to the east of the Zhoushan Islands measured with high frequency surface wave radar

Based on the quasi-harmonic analysis of 11 d vector ocean currents obtained from two high frequency sur- face wave radars located at Zhujiajian Island and Shengshan Island, the spatial distribution characteristics of surface tidal currents in the open sea area to the east of the Zhoushan Islands of Zhejiang Province, China are studied. The following conclusions are drawn from the analysis： the tidal current pattern in the open sea area to the east of Zhoushan Islands is primarily regular semidiurnal, which is significantly affected by the shallow water constituents. The directions of the major axes of tidal current ellipses of M2 lie approx- imately in the NW-SE direction. With the increasing of distance away from the coast, the directions of the tidal current ellipses gradually shift toward the E-W direction. The tidal currents are mainly reversing cur- rents. The spatial distribution of probable maximum current velocities decreases gradually from northeast to southwest which is basically in accordance with the spatial distribution of measured maximum current velocities. The residual currents near the coast are larger than those far away from the coast. The directions of the residual currents are basically north by east, and the angle to the due north increases gradually with the increasing distance away from the coast. The topography shows a certain impact on the spatial distri- bution of shallow water constituents, the rotation of tidal currents, the probable maximum currents and the residual currents.

Wave height estimation using the singular peaks in the sea echoes of high frequency radar

The popular methods to estimate wave height with high-frequency（HF） radar depend on the integration over the second-order spectral region and thus may come under from even not strong external interference. To improve the accuracy and increase the valid detection range of the wave height measurement, particularly by the smallaperture radar, it is turned to singular peaks which often exceed the power of other frequency components. The power of three kinds of singular peaks, i.e., those around ±1,±√2 and ±1√2 times the Bragg frequency, are retrieved from a one-month-long radar data set collected by an ocean state monitoring and analyzing radar,model S（OSMAR-S）, and in situ buoy records are used to make some comparisons. The power response to a wave height is found to be described with a new model quite well, by which obvious improvement on the wave height estimation is achieved. With the buoy measurements as reference, a correlation coefficient is increased to 0.90 and a root mean square error（RMSE） is decreased to 0.35 m at the range of 7.5 km compared with the results by the second-order method. The further analysis of the fitting performance across range suggests that the peak has the best fit and maintains a good performance as far as 40 km. The correlation coefficient is 0.78 and the RMSE is 0.62 m at 40 km. These results show the effectiveness of the new empirical method, which opens a new way for the wave height estimation with the HF radar.

Vessel fusion tracking with a dual-frequency high-frequency surface wave radar and calibrated by an automatic identification system

High-frequency surface wave radar（HFSWR） and automatic identification system（AIS） are the two most important sensors used for vessel tracking.The HFSWR can be applied to tracking all vessels in a detection area,while the AIS is usually used to verify the information of cooperative vessels.Because of interference from sea clutter,employing single-frequency HFSWR for vessel tracking may obscure vessels located in the blind zones of Bragg peaks.Analyzing changes in the detection frequencies constitutes an effective method for addressing this deficiency.A solution consisting of vessel fusion tracking is proposed using dual-frequency HFSWR data calibrated by the AIS.Since different systematic biases exist between HFSWR frequency measurements and AIS measurements,AIS information is used to estimate and correct the HFSWR systematic biases at each frequency.First,AIS point measurements for cooperative vessels are associated with the HFSWR measurements using a JVC assignment algorithm.From the association results of the cooperative vessels,the systematic biases in the dualfrequency HFSWR data are estimated and corrected.Then,based on the corrected dual-frequency HFSWR data,the vessels are tracked using a dual-frequency fusion joint probabilistic data association（JPDA）-unscented Kalman filter（UKF） algorithm.Experimental results using real-life detection data show that the proposed method is efficient at tracking vessels in real time and can improve the tracking capability and accuracy compared with tracking processes involving single-frequency data.

Comparison and error analysis of remotely measured waveheight by high frequency ground wave radar

High frequency ground wave radar （HFGWR） has unique advantage in the survey of dynamical factors, such as sea surface current, sea wave, and sea surface wind in marine conditions in coastal sea area. Compared to marine satellite remote sensing, it involves lower cost, has higher measuring accuracy and spatial resolution and sampling frequency. High frequency ground wave radar is a new land based remote sensing instrument with superior vision and greater application potentials. This paper reviews the development history and application status of high frequency wave radar, introduces its remote-sensing principle and method to inverse offshore fluid, and wave and wind field. Based on the author＇s ＂863 Project＂, this paper recounts comparison and verification of radar remote-sensing value, the physical calibration of radar-measured data and methods to control the quality of radar-sensing data. The authors discuss the precision of radar-sensing data＇s inversing on offshore fluid field and application of the assimilated data on assimilation.

Contrast validation test for retrieval method of high frequency ground wave radar

In this paper, on the basis of the working principles of high frequency ground wave radar for retrieval of ocean wave and sea wind elements were used to systematically study the data obtained from contrast validation test in Zhoushan sea area of Zhejiang Province on Oct. 2000, to validate the accuracy of OSMAR2000 for wave and wind parameters, and to analyze the possible error caused when using OSMAR2000 to retrieve ocean parameters.

AUTOFOCUSING OF SYNTHETIC HRR RADAR USING STEPPED FREQUENCY WAVEFORMS

Most operating radar systems don′t have sufficient frequency bandwidth to produce high range resolution(HRR) profile of a target. But we can use stepped frequency waveform in a narrow band coherent radar to obtain the HRR profile of a target. For moving targets which are of great importance in practical radar usage, autofocusing,i.e. phase correction, is a necessary and critical step of the synthetic HRR processing. The purpose of autofocusing is to remove the radial motion effect of the target from radar echoes, and only reserve the stepped frequency effect which is the basis of synthetic HRR capability. We investigate two autofocusing approaches for synthetic HRR radars using stepped frequency waveform in this paper. The first is motion fitting method. This method depends on a certain parametric model, and is computationally expensive. Then we propose the iterative dominant scatterer method. It is robust, non parametric and simple in computation in comparison with the motion fitting method. Experimental results based on data acquired by using a metallised scale model B 52 in a microwave anechoic chamber reveal the validity and effectiveness of the method.

Simutaneous radar imaging and velocity measuring with step frequency waveforms

The principle and method of both radar target imaging and velocity measurement simultaneously based on step frequency waveforms is presented. Velocity compensation is necessary in order to obtain the good High resolution range profile since this waveform is greatly sensitive to the Doppler shift. The velocity measurement performance of the four styles is analyzed with two pulse trains consisted of positive and negative step frequency waveforms. The velocity of targets can be estimated first coarsely by using the pulse trains with positive-positive step frequency combination, and then fine by positive-negative combination. Simulation results indicate that the method can accomplish the accurate estimation of the velocity with efficient computation and good anti-noise performance and obtain the good HRRP simultaneously.

SAR imagery coding based on blocking high frequency energy matching

A new fractal image compression algorithm based on high frequency energy (HFE) partitioning andmatched domain block searching is presented to code synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery. In the hybridcoding algorithm, the original SAR image is decomposed to low frequency components and high frequencycomponents by wavelet transform (WT). Then the coder uses HFE of block to partition and searchthe matched domain block for each range block to code the low frequency components. For the high frequencycomponents, a modified embedded zero-tree wavelet coding algorithm is applied. Experiment resultsshow that the proposed coder obtains about 0. 3dB gain when compared to the traditional fractal coderbased on the quadtree partition. Moreover, the subjective visual quality of the reconstructed SAR imageof the proposed coder outperforms that of the traditional fractal coders in the same compression ratio(CR).

A Novel Flexible Antenna at Very High Frequency Band for On-Body Applications

This paper proposes a novel flexible antenna design operating at very high frequency(VHF)band for on-body applications such as human body communication(HBC).The antenna consists of back-to-back E-shaped fractal and complimentary structures designed over a thin flex-ible substrate.The overall design working on the principle of fractal geometries and capacitive coupling is highly beneficial to achieve better antenna characteristics even at low frequencies around 35 MHz-45 MHz that are being used for HBC application.The proposed antenna obtained a large bandwidth of around 10.0 MHz in air and a bandwidth of around 8.0 MHz during on-body opera-tion.The antenna has been tested in three different scenarios viz.air,on-body single antenna and on-body communication using two antennas.The insertion loss is reduced to a minimum in all three scenarios,which is quite beneficial for better signal transmission.The size miniaturization with high flexibility in such low frequencies has also been achieved in the paper that makes the proposed design suitable for human body communication applications.

VHF频段调频广播信号传播特性的测量分析与优化策略

调频广播主要在甚高频(Very High Frequency,VHF)频段传输。VHF频段具有传播距离远、穿透力强、信号稳定等优势,但易受多种因素影响。基于此,首先介绍VHF频段的基本特点和调频广播信号的技术参数,其次介绍VHF频段调频广播信号传播的测量过程,最后从天线的设计和布置、调制、编码技术的应用等方面,提出改善VHF频段调频广播覆盖效果的策略。

HIGH RESOLUTION RANGE PROFILE FORMATION BASED ON LFM SIGNAL FUSION OF MULTIPLE RADARS

This paper presents a new method of High Resolution Range (HRR) profile formation based on Linear Frequency Modulation (LFM) signal fusion of multiple radars with multiple frequency bands. The principle of the multiple radars signal fusion improving the range resolution is analyzed. With the analysis of return signals received by two radars,it is derived that the phase difference between the echoes varies almost linearly with respect to the frequency if the distance between two radars is neg-ligible compared with the radar observation distance. To compensate the phase difference,an en-tropy-minimization principle based compensation algorithm is proposed. During the fusion process,the B-splines interpolation method is applied to resample the signals for Fourier transform imaging. The theoretical analysis and simulations results show the proposed method can effectively increase signal bandwidth and provide a high resolution range profile.

基于多帧聚类的紧凑型HFSWR虚假点迹识别方法

紧凑型高频地波雷达发射功率低,目标检测时信噪比低、虚警率高,会产生大量虚假点迹,影响后续目标跟踪性能。为了滤除虚假点迹,利用目标的运动特性,提出了一种多帧聚类与极限学习机分类两级级联的虚假点迹识别方法。首先,利用基于最优邻域尺寸的多帧聚类方法,将连续多帧中与待识别点迹属于同一潜在目标的点迹聚类成簇。然后,计算簇内待识别点迹与其相邻帧内点迹的距离-多普勒速度的差分值,以其为特征利用极限学习机辨识虚假点迹。实验结果表明,所提方法能够准确将属于同一目标的点迹聚类,虚假点迹识别率达到95%。

高频雷达射频前端综合仿真实验设计

在新工科建设背景下,结合最新科研成果,从任务设置、实验设计、教学安排等方面对原有高频雷达仿真实验进行了优化,设计出了一个全新的基于高频雷达射频前端综合仿真实验项目。该项目要求学生根据设计背景凝练指标,自主选择合适结构和器件来完成电路建模、系统仿真、性能评估与优化。实践表明,所设计实验项目具有较好的层次性和灵活性,在形式、内容和体系上能够较好地满足教学要求。

基于改进SFLA-Elman神经网络的电离层杂波抑制方法

针对高频地波雷达目标检测中电离层杂波的干扰问题,提出了一种基于改进混合蛙跳算法优化Elman神经网络预测抑制电离层杂波的策略。为解决混合蛙跳算法初始种群分布不均匀、收敛精度低、易陷于局部极值等问题,引入Cubic混沌映射、莱维飞行策略、非线性平衡因子和复制操作,增强种群多样性,提高算法搜索能力。利用改进后的算法和其他算法分别优化Elman神经网络预测抑制模型,结果表明,改进后的算法无论是在收敛精度和稳定性上,还是在临近距离单元电离层杂波的预测抑制上,都取得了显著的提升。在基本保留目标信号的基础上,平均信杂比较原始回波提升18.52 dB,较原始混合蛙跳算法提升1.08 dB,对于电离层杂波的抑制具有较高应用价值。

基于自适应KF的船载地波雷达目标跟踪方法

针对使用传统的卡尔曼滤波器进行多目标跟踪易发生状态估计不准确、航迹断裂的问题,提出了一种转换量测卡尔曼滤波增益自适应调整方法。结合船只目标的运动特性和历史船只航迹数据,采用线性最小二乘拟合提取出航迹参数的变化趋势。使用似然函数分别计算目标预测状态和量测状态与航迹的隶属度。利用预测状态和量测状态的隶属度值对滤波方式进行选择。利用仿真及实测船载地波雷达数据开展了目标跟踪实验,结果表明,使用该文方法能够得到平滑、持续的航迹输出,目标的跟踪距离远、跟踪精度高,优于现有的自适应滤波方法。

高频雷达射频干扰抑制的自适应接收滤波设计

为抑制高频雷达中的射频干扰,本文提出了一种自适应滤波器设计方法。首先,基于海杂波和射频干扰的多普勒特性,设计了海杂波区域自适应检测算法,以有效地估计射频干扰特性。然后,对海杂波、噪声和射频干扰的功率谱进行分析,并采用连续均值剔除算法,以检测射频干扰是否存在及其频率范围。最后,引入基于相似度约束的接收滤波器算法,根据射频干扰频带自动计算约束参数,从而实现了接收滤波器的自适应设计,以稳健地抑制射频干扰。仿真结果表明,相比传统白化滤波器,本文所设计滤波器可以有效地抑制宽带和窄带射频干扰,提高雷达抗干扰能力。

高频雷达中射频干扰的RD图表现机理与建模仿真

射频干扰对于高频超视距雷达是一大威胁。本文研究射频干扰的距离-多普勒图表现机理和建模方法,分析了射频干扰频域特性与距离-多普勒图表现的关系,讨论了雷达信号处理中的射频干扰信号频谱变化。根据高斯白噪声通过线性滤波器的特性,设计滤波器响应函数来产生不同频谱和距离-多普勒图形态的射频干扰。基于以上研究,本文将射频干扰分为单频、窄带和宽带3类,归纳出射频干扰的距离-多普勒图表现机理,并提出了基于卷积的射频干扰新型建模方法。实测数据和仿真表明:本文对射频干扰距离-多普勒图表现机理分析合理,建模方法能很好地模拟多数实测干扰距离-多普勒图形态。

VHF/UHF UWB SAR基于通道均衡的RFI抑制方法

对工作于甚高频/超高频(VHF/UHF)波段的超宽带合成孔径雷达(UWB SAR),射频干扰(RFI)会严重恶化图像质量。该文提出了一种基于通道均衡的RFI抑制方法,它能有效地抑制雷达接收信号中的RFI分量,同时保持图像质量。实际的处理结果证实了该算法的有效性。