Modified Enlcs Method with Low Complexity for Highly Squint Sar Imaging

  • Qian Liu
  • , Feiming Wei
  • , Yu Hai
  • , Junao Li
  • , Qing Yang
  • , Zhongyu Li
  • , Junjie Wu

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Abstract

In recent years, many imaging algorithms for highly squint synthetic aperture radar (SAR) have been proposed. An algorithm based on keystone transform (KT) and azimuth Extended Nonlinear Chirp Scaling (ENLCS) is widely used in highly squint SAR imaging processing. It's effective in solving spatial-variant linear range cell migration (LRCM) and azimuth-variant Doppler parameters. However, due to the highly squint configuration, the beam center crossing time of many illuminated targets are not included in the track. We need extend the azimuth data length to ensure the targets a corresponding position in the data, which leads to an increase in computational complexity. And the imaging result also has geometric distortion. This paper proposes an improved ENLCS method with lower complexity combined with fast KT. First, we use the low complexity KT without interpo-lation in the RCM correction (RCMC) process. Then, we find a solution to reduce the extended data length by adding a time shift factor in the ENLCS process, saving data storage space and operation cost. Finally, geometric correction is performed by the grid mapping. The effectiveness of the proposed method is verified by numerical simulation and real data processing.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIGARSS 2022 - 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages2514-2517
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781665427920
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes
Event2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2022 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Duration: 17 Jul 202222 Jul 2022

Publication series

NameInternational Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Volume2022-July

Conference

Conference2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2022
Country/TerritoryMalaysia
CityKuala Lumpur
Period17/07/2222/07/22

Keywords

  • Chirp-z transform
  • Geometric correction
  • Keystone transform
  • Range cell migration correction

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