• DocumentCode
    1187229
  • Title

    Patch diameter limitation due to high chirp rates in focused SAR images

  • Author

    Doerry, Armin W.

  • Author_Institution
    Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    10/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1125
  • Lastpage
    1129
  • Abstract
    Polar-format processed synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images have a limited focused patch diameter that results from unmitigated phase errors. Very high chirp rates, encountered with fine-resolution short-pulse radars, exasperate the problem via a residual video phase error term. This letter modifies the traditional maximum patch diameter expression to include effects of very high chirp rates
  • Keywords
    error analysis; image processing; radar theory; synthetic aperture radar; chirp rates; focused SAR images; maximum patch diameter expression; patch diameter limitation; phase errors; polar-format; residual video phase error; short-pulse radars; synthetic aperture radar; Bandwidth; Chirp; Focusing; Geometry; Image quality; Layout; Radar imaging; Scattering; Synthetic aperture radar; Vehicles;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9251
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/7.328787
  • Filename
    328787