scholarly journals High Speed Maneuvering Platform Squint TOPS SAR Imaging Based on Local Polar Coordinate and Angular Division

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 3329
Author(s):  
Bowen Bie ◽  
Yinghui Quan ◽  
Kaijie Xu ◽  
Guangcai Sun ◽  
Mengdao Xing
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Synthetic Aperture ◽  
Geometric Correction ◽  
Domain Perturbation ◽  
Zero Padding ◽  
Range Cell ◽  
Polar Coordinate ◽  
Range Cell Migration ◽  
Progressive Scan ◽  
Space Variant

This paper proposes an imaging algorithm for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) mounted on a high-speed maneuvering platform with squint terrain observation by progressive scan mode. To overcome the mismatch between range model and the signal after range walk correction, the range history is calculated in local polar format. The Doppler ambiguity is resolved by nonlinear derotation and zero-padding. The recovered signal is divided into several blocks in Doppler according to the angular division. Keystone transform is used to remove the space-variant range cell migration (RCM) components. Thus, the residual RCM terms can be compensated by a unified phase function. Frequency domain perturbation terms are introduced to correct the space-variant Doppler chirp rate term. The focusing parameters are calculated according to the scene center of each angular block and the signal of each block can be processed in parallel. The image of each block is focused in range-Doppler domain. After the geometric correction, the final focused image can be obtained by directly combined the images of all angular blocks. Simulated SAR data has verified the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.

scholarly journals Modified Chirp Scaling Algorithm for Ultra-High Resolution Spaceborne-SAR

2021 ◽  
Vol 2083 (3) ◽  
pp. 032048
Author(s):  
Tao He ◽  
Pengbo Wang ◽  
Jixiang Ma ◽  
Xinkai Zhou ◽  
Lingling Xue
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Phase Error ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Synthetic Aperture ◽  
Signal Spectrum ◽  
Integration Time ◽  
Range Cell ◽  
Range Cell Migration ◽  
Range Equation ◽  
Chirp Scaling Algorithm

Abstract The hyperbolic range equation model (HREM) and equivalent squint range model (ESRM) are applied in traditional chirp scaling algorithm (CSA). However, these range models cannot describe the satellite range history in the high-resolution case accurately because of the long azimuth integration time. The non-negligible phase error caused by this will lead the targets distort. In this paper, a modified chirp scaling algorithm (MCSA) is proposed by introducing a novel high-precision range model. A more accurate signal spectrum is calculated through it. Then, the modified chirp scaling factor, range compression filter, range cell migration correction (RCMC) filter and azimuth compression filter can be derived based on this signal spectrum, and the focused target obtained at last. Finally, the experimental results, to validate the proposed algorithm, adopted by the sliding spotlight synthetic aperture radar (SAR) simulation are provided.

Presenting a New Technique for Multi-Target Tracking in Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar based on PHD Filter in the Presence of Clutters

Frequenz ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 72 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 391-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Dehghani ◽  
Navid Daryasafar
Keyword(s):  
Cell Migration ◽  
Synthetic Aperture Radar ◽  
Synthetic Aperture ◽  
Moving Targets ◽  
Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar ◽  
Probability Hypothesis Density ◽  
Implementation Phase ◽  
Range Cell ◽  
Range Cell Migration ◽  
Aperture Radar

Abstract Using Probability Hypothesis Density (PHD) filtering, a novel approach is proposed in this paper for simultaneous tracking of multiple moving targets in received data by Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR) system. Since PHD filtering approach is implemented successively in prediction and update steps, its performance quality will obviously be higher in “Spotlight” imaging mode than in “Stripmap”. Thus, its application to Spotlight mode is generally more logical. The idea to integrate tracking capability into ISAR system processor is to sort radar received data to correct Range Cell Migration (RCM) prior to tracking operations. Clearly, Range Cell Migration Compensation (RCMC) approach is different from this approach in image formation process, in terms of their implementation phase. However, they are implemented in a similar way. As simulation results reveal, applying Range Cell Migration Compensation to the raw data received by ISAR before tracking operation, results in high quality tracking of moving targets.

scholarly journals A Fast High-Resolution Imaging Algorithm for Helicopter-Borne Rotating Array SAR Based on 2-D Chirp-Z Transform

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (14) ◽  
pp. 1669 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qin ◽  
Li ◽  
Tang ◽  
Zeng ◽  
Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Taylor Series Expansion ◽  
High Resolution Imaging ◽  
Imaging Algorithm ◽  
Range Cell ◽  
Distortion Effect ◽  
Resolution Imaging ◽  
Range Cell Migration ◽  
Azimuth Resolution ◽  
Space Variant

In view of the azimuth resolution of the helicopter-borne rotating array synthetic aperture radar (RoASAR) depending on the azimuth reconstruction angle and the sector distortion caused by the azimuth Deramp processing, this paper proposes an efficient helicopter-borne RoASAR high-resolution imaging algorithm based on two-dimensional (2-D) chirp-z transform (CZT). First, the high-order Taylor series expansion is performed on the slant range, and the accurate 2-D spectral expression of the point target is obtained by using the method of series reversion (MSR). Based on that, the space-variant characteristics of the range cell migration (RCM) terms are analyzed. After that, the space-variant RCM and the sector distortion effect caused by the azimuth Deramp processing are removed by using efficient 2-D CZT, thereby increasing the azimuth reconstruction angle and improving the azimuth resolution. The proposed algorithm is efficient without the interpolation operation, and it is easy to implement in real-time. Finally, the simulations are provided to verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.

Estimation and correction of vibration-induced range cell migration for FMCW synthetic aperture ladar

2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (9) ◽  
pp. 2874
Author(s):  
Guangzuo Li ◽  
Zenghui Zhang ◽  
Yifei Zhang ◽  
Sujuan Fang ◽  
Wen Hong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Migration ◽  
Synthetic Aperture ◽  
Range Cell ◽  
Range Cell Migration ◽  
Estimation And Correction

scholarly journals High-Resolution Squinted SAR Imaging Algorithm Applied in the Near-Field Environment

Complexity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Shijia Wang ◽  
Shibo Wang ◽  
Wanli Liu
Keyword(s):  
Cell Migration ◽  
Near Field ◽  
Synthetic Aperture ◽  
Distortion Compensation ◽  
Imaging Algorithm ◽  
Field Environment ◽  
Imaging Result ◽  
Range Cell ◽  
Sar Imaging ◽  
Range Cell Migration

In the squinted synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging of the near-field environment, range-dependent characteristic of squint angle cannot be ignored, which causes azimuth-dependent range cell migration (RCM) after linear range walk correction (LRWC). In this study, an efficient SAR imaging algorithm applied in the near-field environment is proposed. In the processing of the range focusing, LRWC is firstly used to remove the linear RCM. Then, the residual LRCM is expanded into azimuth-invariant and azimuth-variant terms in consideration of the residual LRCM of azimuth-dependent. Range cell migration azimuth scaling (RCMAS) is designed to remove the azimuth-variant term before secondary range compression (SRC) and range compression (RC). In the azimuth focusing, azimuth distortion compensation (ADC) is performed to compensate the azimuth distortion, following which azimuth nonlinear chirp scaling (ANCS) is applied to equalize the frequency modulation (FM) rate for azimuth compression (AC). The simulated results show that more accurate and improved imaging result can be obtained with the proposed algorithm.

scholarly journals Squinted Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging with Unknown Curved Trajectory

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (21) ◽  
pp. 6026
Author(s):  
Wei Pu ◽  
Junjie Wu ◽  
Yulin Huang ◽  
Jianyu Yang
Keyword(s):  
Synthetic Aperture Radar ◽  
Synthetic Aperture ◽  
Perturbation Approach ◽  
Motion Information ◽  
Minimum Entropy ◽  
Range Cell ◽  
Correction Scheme ◽  
Range Cell Migration ◽  
Imaging Algorithms ◽  
Aperture Radar

The imagery of airborne highly squinted synthetic aperture radar (SAR) with curved trajectory is a challenging task due to the translational-variant range cell migration (RCM) and azimuth modulation. However, in most cases of practical application, the curved trajectory cannot be accurately known, which brings greater difficulties to the imaging problem. To accommodate these issues, we propose a novel motion modelling and optimisation based imaging algorithm for the highly squinted SAR with unknown curved trajectory. First, to correct the translational-variant RCM, a coarse-to-fine RCM correction scheme as well as a range perturbation approach is applied. Afterwards, an optimisation model of motion information under the criterion of minimum entropy is built during the azimuth processing by nonlinear chirp scaling (NLCS). Correspondingly, a differential evolution (DE) optimisation strategy is proposed to estimate the motion information in an iterative manner. We empirically compare the proposed algorithms with several state-of-the-art highly squinted curved SAR imaging algorithms. Numerical results show the effectiveness of the proposed method in the case without any prior information of the curved trajectory.

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