Reconnaissance with slant plane circular SAR imaging

Author

Soumekh, Mehrdad

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., State Univ. of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA

Volume

5

Issue

8

fYear

1996

fDate

8/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1252

Lastpage

1265

Abstract

This paper presents a method for imaging from the slant plane data collected by a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) over the full rotation or a partial segment of a circular flight path. A Fourier analysis for the Green´s function of the imaging system is provided. This analysis is the basis of an inversion for slant plane circular SAR data. The reconstruction algorithm and resolution for this SAR system are outlined. It is shown that the slant plane circular SAR, unlike the slant plane linear SAR, has the capability to extract three-dimensional imaging information of a target scene. The merits of the algorithm are demonstrated via a simulated target whose ultra wideband foliage penetrating (FOPEN) or ground penetrating (GPEN) ultrahigh frequency (UHF) radar signature varies with the radar´s aspect angle

Keywords

Fourier analysis; Fourier transforms; Green´s function methods; image reconstruction; image resolution; inverse problems; radar imaging; synthetic aperture radar; Fourier analysis; Green´s function; SAR data inversion; SAR system; aspect angle; circular flight path; full rotation; ground penetrating UHF radar signature; image resolution; imaging system; partial segment; reconnaissance; reconstruction algorithm; simulated target; slant plane circular SAR imaging; slant plane data; slant plane linear SAR; synthetic aperture radar; target scene; three-dimensional imaging; ultrawideband foliage penetrating radar signature; Green´s function methods; Ground penetrating radar; Image analysis; Image segmentation; Radar imaging; Radar polarimetry; Reconnaissance; Reconstruction algorithms; Synthetic aperture radar; Ultra wideband radar;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Image Processing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1057-7149

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/83.506760

Filename

506760