Prats, Pau and Scheiber, Rolf and Mittermayer, Josef and Meta, Adriano and Moreira, Alberto (2010) Processing of Sliding Spotlight and TOPS SAR Data Using Baseband Azimuth Scaling. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 48 (2), pp. 770-780. IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2009.2027701.
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Abstract
This paper presents an efficient phase preserving processor for the focusing of data acquired in sliding spotlight and TOPS (Terrain Observation by Progressive Scans) imaging modes. They share in common a linear variation of the Doppler centroid along the azimuth dimension, which is due to a steering of the antenna (either mechanically or electronically) throughout the data take. Existing approaches for the azimuth processing can become inefficient due to the additional processing to overcome the folding in the focused domain. In this paper a new azimuth scaling approach is presented to perform the azimuth processing, whose kernel is exactly the same for sliding spotlight and TOPS modes. The possibility to use the proposed approach to process ScanSAR data, as well as a discussion concerning staring spotlight, are also included. Simulations with point-targets and real data acquired by TerraSAR-X in sliding spotlight and TOPS modes are used to validate the developed algorithm.
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Title: | Processing of Sliding Spotlight and TOPS SAR Data Using Baseband Azimuth Scaling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date: | February 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Refereed publication: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Open Access: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gold Open Access: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
In SCOPUS: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
In ISI Web of Science: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Volume: | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1109/TGRS.2009.2027701 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 770-780 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Keywords: | synthetic aperture radar (SAR), SAR processing, azimuth scaling, ScanSAR, spotlight, terrain observation by progressive scans (TOPS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport (old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program: | Space (old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program Themes: | W EO - Erdbeobachtung | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research area: | Space | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Program: | W EO - Erdbeobachtung | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research theme (Project): | W - Vorhaben Flugzeug-SAR (old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location: | Oberpfaffenhofen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Institutes and Institutions: | Microwaves and Radar Institute > Radar Concepts Microwaves and Radar Institute > SAR Technology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deposited By: | Prats, Dr. Pau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deposited On: | 14 Jul 2009 10:52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Modified: | 31 Jul 2019 19:24 |
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