Three-dimensional Resolution Analysis for Geosynchronous Circular SAR

GEOsynchronous Circular SAR (GEOCSAR), having a high orbit, operating in a slant ellipse, and imaging in spherical surface, should be newly modeled to assess the resolution performance. In this paper, starting from modeling geometry, a function of slant range difference and orientation angle is dedu...

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Main Authors: Wang Bing-nan, Xiang Mao-sheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: China Science Publishing & Media Ltd. (CSPM) 2012-09-01
Series:Leida xuebao
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Online Access:http://radars.ie.ac.cn/EN/abstract/abstract37.shtml#
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Summary:GEOsynchronous Circular SAR (GEOCSAR), having a high orbit, operating in a slant ellipse, and imaging in spherical surface, should be newly modeled to assess the resolution performance. In this paper, starting from modeling geometry, a function of slant range difference and orientation angle is deduced. Then we can obtain the three dimensional point spread function and make a conclusion of resolution affected by both sinc function and bessel function of first kind. Lastly, resolution with the variation of location of target, bandwidth, radius of orbit, and integral time is analyzed detailedly. Finally raw signal simulations show the validity of theoretical model.
ISSN:2095-283X
2095-283X