Nowadays the side-looking SAR echo data can be obtained easily from the commercial channel, while that of other SAR imaging modes such as squint, spotlight are difficult to be acquired. This paper presents a new schem...Nowadays the side-looking SAR echo data can be obtained easily from the commercial channel, while that of other SAR imaging modes such as squint, spotlight are difficult to be acquired. This paper presents a new scheme to transform the side-looking returns to squint ones, in a direct and an indirect approach respectively. Direct transformation uses the data with a wide azimuth beam angle. The maximum of the required squint angle is limited under several degrees. Squint data under indirect transformation can be obtained by adding a platform velocity along slant range according to the required squint angles. Then the squint data is determined by the angle between the new forward velocity and line-of-sight direction. This method results in higher squint angle compared with the first one. Verification shows the feasibility of these approaches with illustration of side-looking E-SAR raw data processing. The future work will be on the precise Doppler centroid estimation and effective imaging algorithm development.展开更多
In this paper a millimeter-wave （MMW） squint indirect holographic method is presented, which is suitable for imaging with a large field-of-view. The proposed system employs the squint operation mode to remove the ba...In this paper a millimeter-wave （MMW） squint indirect holographic method is presented, which is suitable for imaging with a large field-of-view. The proposed system employs the squint operation mode to remove the background and twin- image interferences, which achieves a similar effect to off-axis holography but leaves out the large-aperture quasi-optical component. The translational scanning manner enables a large field of view and ensures the image uniformity, which is difficult to realize in off-axis holography. In addition, a corresponding imaging algorithm for the presented scheme is developed to reconstruct the image from the recorded hologram. Some imaging results on typical objects, obtained with electromagnetic simulation, demonstrate good performance of the imaging scheme and validate the effectiveness of the image reconstruction algorithm.展开更多
根据机载斜视SAR(Synthetic Aperture Radar)成像模式,详细推导了任意场景位置的准确传递函数,在此基础上,提出了一种改进的ETF(Exact Transfer Function)成像算法。并推导得到了算法使用中分块处理应该满足的边界条件。由于推导过程基...根据机载斜视SAR(Synthetic Aperture Radar)成像模式,详细推导了任意场景位置的准确传递函数,在此基础上,提出了一种改进的ETF(Exact Transfer Function)成像算法。并推导得到了算法使用中分块处理应该满足的边界条件。由于推导过程基于准确运动模型和参考距离模型,方位相位的计算不做近似截取而是做准确计算,使得该算法具有更高的相位精度。同时该算法可运行于现有的成像系统,兼容性好;对数据分块并行运算,解决了斜视情况下大距离徙动带来的问题并且提高了运算速度。最后,点目标仿真成像结果证明了算法的有效性。展开更多
Aiming at the interferometric inverse synthetic aperture radar （InlSAR） imaging in the presence of squint, we investigate the influence of squint on the InlSAR imaging. First, coupling of the squint additive phase a...Aiming at the interferometric inverse synthetic aperture radar （InlSAR） imaging in the presence of squint, we investigate the influence of squint on the InlSAR imaging. First, coupling of the squint additive phase and the target azimuth/altitude coordinates to be solved may make the solution more difficult. Second, the squint angle may lead to estimation error of the vertical coordinates and distortion of the ultimate image. Traditional InlSAR imaging algorithms can not solve the above two problems effectively, so we propose a new method which combines the nonlinear least square （NLS） and coordinates transform （CT） to estimate the target coordinates, and a three-dimensional （3-D） image consistent with the real target is obtained accordingly. Simulations show that the proposed method is effective for the squint-mode InlSAR imaging.展开更多
文摘Nowadays the side-looking SAR echo data can be obtained easily from the commercial channel, while that of other SAR imaging modes such as squint, spotlight are difficult to be acquired. This paper presents a new scheme to transform the side-looking returns to squint ones, in a direct and an indirect approach respectively. Direct transformation uses the data with a wide azimuth beam angle. The maximum of the required squint angle is limited under several degrees. Squint data under indirect transformation can be obtained by adding a platform velocity along slant range according to the required squint angles. Then the squint data is determined by the angle between the new forward velocity and line-of-sight direction. This method results in higher squint angle compared with the first one. Verification shows the feasibility of these approaches with illustration of side-looking E-SAR raw data processing. The future work will be on the precise Doppler centroid estimation and effective imaging algorithm development.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.11174280,60990323,and 60990320)the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No.YYYJ-1123)
文摘In this paper a millimeter-wave （MMW） squint indirect holographic method is presented, which is suitable for imaging with a large field-of-view. The proposed system employs the squint operation mode to remove the background and twin- image interferences, which achieves a similar effect to off-axis holography but leaves out the large-aperture quasi-optical component. The translational scanning manner enables a large field of view and ensures the image uniformity, which is difficult to realize in off-axis holography. In addition, a corresponding imaging algorithm for the presented scheme is developed to reconstruct the image from the recorded hologram. Some imaging results on typical objects, obtained with electromagnetic simulation, demonstrate good performance of the imaging scheme and validate the effectiveness of the image reconstruction algorithm.
文摘根据机载斜视SAR(Synthetic Aperture Radar)成像模式,详细推导了任意场景位置的准确传递函数,在此基础上,提出了一种改进的ETF(Exact Transfer Function)成像算法。并推导得到了算法使用中分块处理应该满足的边界条件。由于推导过程基于准确运动模型和参考距离模型,方位相位的计算不做近似截取而是做准确计算,使得该算法具有更高的相位精度。同时该算法可运行于现有的成像系统,兼容性好;对数据分块并行运算,解决了斜视情况下大距离徙动带来的问题并且提高了运算速度。最后,点目标仿真成像结果证明了算法的有效性。
基金supported by the China National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists (Grant No.61025006)
文摘Aiming at the interferometric inverse synthetic aperture radar （InlSAR） imaging in the presence of squint, we investigate the influence of squint on the InlSAR imaging. First, coupling of the squint additive phase and the target azimuth/altitude coordinates to be solved may make the solution more difficult. Second, the squint angle may lead to estimation error of the vertical coordinates and distortion of the ultimate image. Traditional InlSAR imaging algorithms can not solve the above two problems effectively, so we propose a new method which combines the nonlinear least square （NLS） and coordinates transform （CT） to estimate the target coordinates, and a three-dimensional （3-D） image consistent with the real target is obtained accordingly. Simulations show that the proposed method is effective for the squint-mode InlSAR imaging.
