A Two-Step Nonstop-and-Go Phase Compensation Method for Spaceborne SAR With High-Resolution High-Squint-Angle and Wide-Swath

Current signal processing for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) cannot satisfy the requirements for high resolution, high squint angle, and wide swath due to the limitations of the traditional stop-and-go model. This model does not take into account the continuous motion between the satellite and the g...

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Main Authors: Yifan Wu, Lijia Huang, Bingchen Zhang, Lihua Zhong, Di Yin, Dadi Meng, Yuxin Hu
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Published: IEEE 2024-01-01
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author Yifan Wu
Lijia Huang
Bingchen Zhang
Lihua Zhong
Di Yin
Dadi Meng
Yuxin Hu
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Lijia Huang
Bingchen Zhang
Lihua Zhong
Di Yin
Dadi Meng
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description Current signal processing for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) cannot satisfy the requirements for high resolution, high squint angle, and wide swath due to the limitations of the traditional stop-and-go model. This model does not take into account the continuous motion between the satellite and the ground, leading to incomplete compensation for the corresponding phase. To address this issue, we first introduce an accurate range equation (ARE) based on the continuous satellite and ground motion, which allows for more precise slant range calculations. Second, we derive the point target spectrum according to the ARE, revealing additional phase components not considered in the traditional stop-and-go model. Third, we propose an advanced two-step processing algorithm to compensate for phase errors due to nonstop-and-go continuous motion. In the first-step processing, we eliminate range-independent components in the two-dimensional frequency domain. In the second-step processing, we compensate for residual phase errors related to range and azimuth frequency in the range-Doppler domain. We verified the proposed compensation method through simulation and compared it with the two-step compensation method used in high-resolution SAR data processing. Experimental results show that we provide an effective compensation method for high-resolution, high-squint-angle, wide-swath spaceborne SAR, which can correct azimuth shifts and solve the problem of defocusing at the edges of large scenes.
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spelling doaj-art-6b228bccca57401cb54dfa7de02cc14b2025-08-20T03:31:23ZengIEEEIEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing1939-14042151-15352024-01-011786587910.1109/JSTARS.2024.341499310559221A Two-Step Nonstop-and-Go Phase Compensation Method for Spaceborne SAR With High-Resolution High-Squint-Angle and Wide-SwathYifan Wu0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2873-325XLijia Huang1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4490-682XBingchen Zhang2Lihua Zhong3Di Yin4Dadi Meng5https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2931-6263Yuxin Hu6Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaAerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaAerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaAerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaAerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaAerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaAerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaCurrent signal processing for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) cannot satisfy the requirements for high resolution, high squint angle, and wide swath due to the limitations of the traditional stop-and-go model. This model does not take into account the continuous motion between the satellite and the ground, leading to incomplete compensation for the corresponding phase. To address this issue, we first introduce an accurate range equation (ARE) based on the continuous satellite and ground motion, which allows for more precise slant range calculations. Second, we derive the point target spectrum according to the ARE, revealing additional phase components not considered in the traditional stop-and-go model. Third, we propose an advanced two-step processing algorithm to compensate for phase errors due to nonstop-and-go continuous motion. In the first-step processing, we eliminate range-independent components in the two-dimensional frequency domain. In the second-step processing, we compensate for residual phase errors related to range and azimuth frequency in the range-Doppler domain. We verified the proposed compensation method through simulation and compared it with the two-step compensation method used in high-resolution SAR data processing. Experimental results show that we provide an effective compensation method for high-resolution, high-squint-angle, wide-swath spaceborne SAR, which can correct azimuth shifts and solve the problem of defocusing at the edges of large scenes.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10559221/Nonstop-and-go modelpoint target spectrumspaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR)SAR signal processing
spellingShingle Yifan Wu
Lijia Huang
Bingchen Zhang
Lihua Zhong
Di Yin
Dadi Meng
Yuxin Hu
A Two-Step Nonstop-and-Go Phase Compensation Method for Spaceborne SAR With High-Resolution High-Squint-Angle and Wide-Swath
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
Nonstop-and-go model
point target spectrum
spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR)
SAR signal processing
title A Two-Step Nonstop-and-Go Phase Compensation Method for Spaceborne SAR With High-Resolution High-Squint-Angle and Wide-Swath
title_full A Two-Step Nonstop-and-Go Phase Compensation Method for Spaceborne SAR With High-Resolution High-Squint-Angle and Wide-Swath
title_fullStr A Two-Step Nonstop-and-Go Phase Compensation Method for Spaceborne SAR With High-Resolution High-Squint-Angle and Wide-Swath
title_full_unstemmed A Two-Step Nonstop-and-Go Phase Compensation Method for Spaceborne SAR With High-Resolution High-Squint-Angle and Wide-Swath
title_short A Two-Step Nonstop-and-Go Phase Compensation Method for Spaceborne SAR With High-Resolution High-Squint-Angle and Wide-Swath
title_sort two step nonstop and go phase compensation method for spaceborne sar with high resolution high squint angle and wide swath
topic Nonstop-and-go model
point target spectrum
spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR)
SAR signal processing
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10559221/
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