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Refocusing of Moving Ship Targets in SAR Images with Long Synthetic Aperture Time

  • Beihang University
  • Beijing Institute of Remote Sensing Information

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Abstract

High-resolution or Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system face the problem of long synthetic aperture time. In this case, ship targets with complex angular oscillation motions introduced by sea waves are blurred severely in SAR images. An effective way to refocus targets with rotation movements is inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) technique. However, residual space-variant motion errors after ISAR processing still cause defocusing, especially in heavy sea states. In this paper, a coarse-to-fine refocusing method for moving ship targets is proposed. Firstly, a coarse refocused image is obtained via ISAR technique. Then, a novel space-variant and high-order motion compensation approach is devised to realize fine refocusing. Experiments on real spaceborne SAR data verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIGARSS 2022 - 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages2079-2082
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781665427920
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
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

  • inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR)
  • refocusing
  • ship target
  • space-variant motion compensation
  • Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

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