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Azimuth variation correction method for geosynchronous synthetic aperture radar

CHEN Jianlai1,2;ZHANG Rui1,2;SUN Guangcai1,2;JING Guobin1,2;XING Mengdao1,2   

  1. (1. 西安电子科技大学 雷达信号处理国家重点实验室,陕西 西安  710071;
    2. 西安电子科技大学 信息感知协同创新中心,陕西 西安  710071)
  • Received:2015-06-19 Online:2016-10-20 Published:2016-12-02
  • Contact: CHEN Jianlai E-mail:jianlaichen@163.com

Abstract:

Aimed at the severe azimuth variation caused by the ultralong synthetic aperture time and very large scene in geosynchronous synthetic aperture radar (GEOSAR), this paper develops an azimuth variation correction method for GEOSAR. The method firstly obtains the two-dimensional spectrum by the method of series reversion (MSR). The Doppler and azimuth positions of the point target in the two-dimensional spectrum are serious coupled. The singular value decomposition (SVD) can be introduced to separate the Doppler position from the position of the point target. Subsequently, Stolt interpolation is used twice to compensate the high-order phase terms. Thus, a focused scene is obtained. Finally, simulation for scene targets validate the proposed method. All the targets in the scene are focused well.

Key words: geosynchronous synthetic aperture radar (GEO SAR), azimuth variation, singular value decomposition (SVD), azimuth nonlinear chirp scaling (ANCS)