J4 ›› 2010, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (2): 231-234.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-2400.2010.02.009

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Method for geometric distortion correction of the bistatic SAR

YI Yu-sheng;ZHANG Lin-rang;LIU Xin;LIU Nan;ZHANG Bo   

  1. (Key Lab. of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian Univ., Xi'an  710071, China)
  • Received:2009-04-01 Online:2010-04-20 Published:2010-06-03
  • Contact: YI Yu-sheng E-mail:yiyusheng@163.com

Abstract:

The existence of the differences in squint angle and velocity between transmitter and receiver in the bistatic synthetic aperture radar(SAR) makes the imaging results distorted. This paper concerns the issue of bistatic SAR image geometric correction. According to the geometry of the bistatic SAR, the slant range history is particularly analyzed. In addition, the equivalent phase center (EPC) method is used to transform the bistatic model to a monostatic equivalent. Then, the expression of the geometric distortion correction for the bistatic SAR image is derived based on the  RD imaging algorithm. Finally, the validity of the method is demonstrated by simulation.

Key words: bistatic synthetic aperture radar(BISAR), radar imaging, geometric distortion, geometric correction, equivalent phase center(EPC)