Motion Compensation for Near-Range Synthetic Aperture Radar Applications

• Main Author: Wu, Huaming (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: KIT Scientific Publishing 2012
• Series: Karlsruher Forschungsberichte aus dem Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik und Elektronik
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; inertial measurement unit; synthetic aperture radar; near-range application; motion compensation
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The work focuses on the analysis of influences of motion errors on near-range SAR applications and design of specific motion measuring and compensation algorithms. First, a novel metric to determine the optimum antenna beamwidth is proposed. Then, a comprehensive investigation of influences of motio...