Synthetic Aperture Radar Processing

✍ Scribed by Giorgio Franceschetti (Author); Riccardo Lanari (Author); Giorgio Franceschetti (Author); Riccardo Lanari (Author)

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 1999
• Leaves: 322
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Synthetic Aperture Radar Processing simply and methodically presents principles and techniques of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image generation by analyzing its system transfer function. The text considers the full array of operation modes from strip to scan, emphasizes processing techniques, enabling the design of operational SAR codes. A simple example then follows.

This book will be invaluable to all SAR scientists and engineers working in the field. It may be used as the basis for a course on SAR image generation or as a reference book on remote sensing. It contains a wide spectrum of information presented with clarity and rigor.

✦ Table of Contents

FUNDAMENTALS

Introduction

Historical Background

Synthetic Aperture Radar Systems Modes

Geometric Resolution

Goemetric Distortions

Synthetic Aperture Radar Signal Statistics

InterferometricSynthetic Aperture Radar Phase Statistics

Radiometric Resolution

Ambiguity Considerations

Power and Noise Considerations

STRIP MODE TRANSFER FUNCTION

Signal Analysis in Time Domain

Synthetic Aperture Radar Transfer Function

Squinted Geometry

Earth`s Rotation and Sensor Orbit Effects

Reflectivity Pattern

STRIP MODE DATA PROCESSING

Point Target Response

Synthetic Aperture Radar Transfer Function and its Approximations

Narrow Focus Synthetic Aperture Radar Processing

Wide Focus Syntheric Aperture Radar Processing

Efficient Wide Focus Synthetic Aperture Radar Processing

Range-Doppler Synthetic Aperture Radar Processing

Motion Compensation

Multiple Look Synthetic Aperture Radar Image Generation

Estimation Procedures for Synthetic Aperture Radar Parameters

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR INTERFEROMETRY

Introduction

Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar Processing

Interferometric Phase Noise

Image Registration Techniques

Interferometric Phase Statistics

Decorrelation Effects

Digital Elevation Model Accuracy

Phase Unwrapping

Weighted Phase Unwrapping Via Finite Element Method

Geocoding

Differential Interfermetric Synthetic Aperture Radar

SCAN MODE SIGNAL ANALYSIS AND DATA PROCESSING

Time Domain Analysis

Frequency Domain Analysis

Point Target Image Generation

Scan Mode Data Processing

SPOT MODE SIGNAL ANALYSIS AND DATA PROCESSING

Time Domain Analysis

Frequency Domain Analysis

Bandwidths Considerations

Residual Video Phase Compensation

Spot Mode Image Generation

PROCESSING CODE EXAMPLE

Code Presentation

Processing Code

INDEX

✦ Subjects

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