The azimuth resolution improvement problem is solved via a coherent combination of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) ima-ges with the quasi-non-overlapped Doppler bandwidth. Prior to the spectra combination, SAR images...The azimuth resolution improvement problem is solved via a coherent combination of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) ima-ges with the quasi-non-overlapped Doppler bandwidth. Prior to the spectra combination, SAR images should be coregistered, while phase biases induced by topography, atmospheric propagation delays and baseline measurement errors should be calibrated. However, the coregistration accuracy suffers from large Doppler decorrelation caused by the quasi-non-overlapped Doppler band-width. Furthermore, the method used to estimate phase biases from interferogram of azimuth prefiltered SAR image pairs wil fail when there is no overlapped spectrum. The fringe simulation and maximum sharpness optimization are adopted to deal with the problems. Accordingly, a novel algorithm to coherently synthesize SAR images is presented. The experiment with the Terra SAR X-band (TerraSAR-X) satel ite data validates the performance of the presented method.展开更多
Based on the point spread function (PSF) theory, the side-lobe extension direction of the impulse response in bistatic synthetic aperture radar (BSAR) is analyzed in detail; in addition, the corresponding autofocu...Based on the point spread function (PSF) theory, the side-lobe extension direction of the impulse response in bistatic synthetic aperture radar (BSAR) is analyzed in detail; in addition, the corresponding autofocus in BSAR should be considered along iso-range direction, not the traditional azimuth resolution (AR) direction. The conclusion is verified by the computer simulation.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundationof China(41001282)
文摘The azimuth resolution improvement problem is solved via a coherent combination of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) ima-ges with the quasi-non-overlapped Doppler bandwidth. Prior to the spectra combination, SAR images should be coregistered, while phase biases induced by topography, atmospheric propagation delays and baseline measurement errors should be calibrated. However, the coregistration accuracy suffers from large Doppler decorrelation caused by the quasi-non-overlapped Doppler band-width. Furthermore, the method used to estimate phase biases from interferogram of azimuth prefiltered SAR image pairs wil fail when there is no overlapped spectrum. The fringe simulation and maximum sharpness optimization are adopted to deal with the problems. Accordingly, a novel algorithm to coherently synthesize SAR images is presented. The experiment with the Terra SAR X-band (TerraSAR-X) satel ite data validates the performance of the presented method.
文摘Based on the point spread function (PSF) theory, the side-lobe extension direction of the impulse response in bistatic synthetic aperture radar (BSAR) is analyzed in detail; in addition, the corresponding autofocus in BSAR should be considered along iso-range direction, not the traditional azimuth resolution (AR) direction. The conclusion is verified by the computer simulation.