High-resolution synthetic aperture radar experiments for ATR development and performance prediction

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lori A. Westerkamp ◽  
S. A. Morrison ◽  
Thomas J. Wild ◽  
John C. Mossing
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Synthetic Aperture Radar ◽  
Performance Prediction ◽  
Synthetic Aperture ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Aperture Radar

scholarly journals In-Orbit Operational Parameter Calculation and Performance Optimization in KOMPSAT-6 Synthetic Aperture Radar

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 2342
Author(s):  
Jin-Bong Sung ◽  
Sung-Yong Hong
Keyword(s):  
Synthetic Aperture Radar ◽  
Performance Optimization ◽  
Pulse Repetition Frequency ◽  
Optimization Method ◽  
Synthetic Aperture ◽  
Operational Parameters ◽  
Operational Parameter ◽  
Design Methodologies ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Aperture Radar

A new method to design in-orbit synthetic aperture radar operational parameters has been implemented for the Korean Multi-purpose Satellite 6 mission. The implemented method optimizes the pulse repetition frequency when a satellite altitude changes from its nominal one, so it has the advantage that the synthetic aperture radar performances can satisfy the requirements for the in-orbit operation. Other commanding parameters have been designed to conduct trade-off between those parameters. This paper presents the new optimization method to maintain the synthetic aperture radar performances even in the case of an altitude variation. Design methodologies to determine operational parameters, respectively, at nominal altitude and in orbit are presented. In addition, numerical simulation is presented to validate the proposed optimization and the design methodologies.

scholarly journals A Novel Orthogonal Waveform Separation Scheme for Airborne MIMO-SAR Systems

Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 3580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Wang ◽  
Ke-Hong Zhu ◽  
Li-Na Wang ◽  
Xing-Dong Liang ◽  
Long-Yong Chen
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Synthetic Aperture Radar ◽  
3D Imaging ◽  
Synthetic Aperture ◽  
Separation Scheme ◽  
Sar Images ◽  
Wide Swath ◽  
Aperture Radar

In recent years, multi-input multi-output (MIMO) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems, which can promote the performance of 3D imaging, high-resolution wide-swath remote sensing, and multi-baseline interferometry, have received considerable attention. Several papers on MIMO-SAR have been published, but the research of such systems is seriously limited. This is mainly because the superposed echoes of the multiple transmitted orthogonal waveforms cannot be separated perfectly. The imperfect separation will introduce ambiguous energy and degrade SAR images dramatically. In this paper, a novel orthogonal waveform separation scheme based on echo-compression is proposed for airborne MIMO-SAR systems. Specifically, apart from the simultaneous transmissions, the transmitters are required to radiate several times alone in a synthetic aperture to sense their private inner-aperture channels. Since the channel responses at the neighboring azimuth positions are relevant, the energy of the solely radiated orthogonal waveforms in the superposed echoes will be concentrated. To this end, the echoes of the multiple transmitted orthogonal waveforms can be separated by cancelling the peaks. In addition, the cleaned echoes, along with original superposed one, can be used to reconstruct the unambiguous echoes. The proposed scheme is validated by simulations.

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