Digital Processing of Synthetic Aperture Radar Data: Algorithms and Implementation [With CDROM] (Artech House Remote Sensing Library)

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is of major interest to radar professionals because it allows them to obtain high-resolution images with unsurpassed clarity from satellites that take pictures of the earth's surface in all weather conditions. This cutting-edge resource offers complete "how to" guidance on digital processing of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. Professionals discover precisely how this radar system works and gain an in-depth understanding of the properties of SAR data. The book explains how digital computers are used to form the focused image and provides practitioners with state-of-the-art processing algorithms that they can use for their projects. Written from a signal processing point of view, this authoritative volume can be fully understood by professionals and students with a general electrical engineering background. This cutting-edge resource offers complete how-to guidance on digital processing of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. Professionals discover how SAR is used to obtain a high-resolution image from satellites such as RADARSAT and ENVISAT and learn the mathematical structure and spectral properties of the signal received from a SAR system. Supported with 600 equations and 250 figures, the book arms practitioners with state-of-the-art signal processing algorithms and helps them choose the best algorithm for a given SAR system and image quality requirements.This hands-on reference explains how to process received SAR data into a well-focused image on a digital computer, using the popular range Doppler, chirp scaling, omega-K, and SPECAN algorithms. In addition, the book summarizes how to process ScanSAR data using the full-aperture, SPECAN, modified SPECAN, short IFFT, and extended chirp scaling algorithms. Readers also learn how to estimate the Doppler centroid frequency and azimuth FM rate from a geometry model or from received data. Written from a digital signal processing point of view, this authoritative volume can be fully understood by professionals with a general electrical engineering background.

writing For Professionals In Synthetic Aperture Radar (sar), The Authors Describe What Goes On Behind The High-resolution Images. They Examine How Sar Receives Signals From Satellites, Processes Them Mathematically, And Presents Them As Images. Their Topics Include Signal Processing Fundamentals, Pulse Compression Of Linear Fm Signals, Synthetic Aperture Concepts, And Sar Signal Properties. They Cover Sar Processing Algorithms Including The Range Doppler, Chirp Scaling, Omega-k, And Specan, The Ways Spansar Processes The Data, And Comparisons Of The Algorithms. They Close With Material On Doppler Parameter Estimation And Azimuth Fm Rate Estimation. They Include A Helpful List Of Acronyms And Symbols. The Accompanying Cd- Rom Includes The Raw Signal Data Used For Many Of The Examples In The Book; This Data Can Also Be Used To Develop And Verify Sar Processing Programs. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, Or

"This cutting-edge resource offers complete how-to guidance on digital processing of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. Professionals discover how SAR is used to obtain a high-resolution image from satellites such as RADARSAT and ENVISAT and learn the mathematical structure and spectral properties of the signal received from a SAR system. Supported with 600 equations and 250 figures, the book arms practitioners with state-of-the-art signal processing algorithms and helps them choose the best algorithm for a given SAR system and image quality requirements."--Jacket Radar was originally developed for military purposes during World War II.