Journal of Xidian University ›› 2016, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (3): 114-119.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-2400.2016.03.020

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Features extracting method of ground vibrating targets for dual-channel SAR

LIANG Ying1,3;ZHANG Qun1,2;YANG Qiu1;GU Fufei1   

  1. (1. School of Information and Navigation, AFEU, Xi'an  710077, China;
    2. Collaborative Innovation Center of Information Sensing and Understanding, Xi'an  710077, China;
    3. Unit 95980 of PLA, Xiangyang  441100, China)
  • Received:2015-01-26 Online:2016-06-20 Published:2016-07-16
  • Contact: LIANG Ying E-mail:liangying8633@163.com

Abstract:

The returned radar signal includes the vibrating target echo but also the strong ground clutter. However, it is difficult to detect and extract the vibrating features for SAR. For detecting and extracting the features of vibrating targets on the ground, the displaced phase center antenna (DPCA) technique is applied to suppress the ground clutter, which indicates that a time-varying envelope is induced after the DPCA processing, named the slow time envelope (STE). The energy distribution of micro-Doppler (m-D) time-frequency curve is influenced by the STE, and the integrated m-D time-frequency curve cannot be obtained. Further, an extracting method of vibrating features based on STE signatures is proposed. Finally some simulations are given for validating the theoretical derivation and the effectiveness of the proposed extracting method.

Key words: vibrating target, clutter suppression, displaced phase center antenna, slow time envelope