Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2026, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (6): 1859-1868.doi: 10.12305/j.issn.1001-506X.2026.06.08

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Earth-based radar Lunar imaging using Doppler compensation method

Yongkang YUAN1(), Junxu WANG1(), Yuming HUA2(), Lei ZHANG1,*()   

  1. 1. School of Electronics and Communication Engineering,Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University,Shenzhen 518107,China
    2. Beijing Institute of Tracking and Telecommunications Technology,Beijing 100094,China
  • Received:2025-03-19 Revised:2025-05-10 Accepted:2025-06-11 Online:2026-06-25 Published:2026-03-21
  • Contact: Lei ZHANG E-mail:yuanyk5@mail2.sysu.edu.cn;wangjx77@mail2.sysu.edu.cn;huayuming9@163.com;zhanglei57@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Earth-based radar is a powerful tool for lunar surface imaging. However, during edge observation periods, intra-pulse Doppler effects will induce pulse compression shifts, causing image offset generated by the traditional back-projection (BP) algorithm. To improve lunar imaging performance and mitigate positioning deviations of Earth-based radar under edge observation conditions, this study first proposes a pulse-by-pulse trajectory fitting method, and then analyzes the echo model and intra-pulse Doppler effects under the non stop-go assumption. Subsequently, a method for compensating intra-pulse Doppler effects in lunar surface BP imaging is proposed. Finally, simulation results demonstrate that the proposed method can achieve accurate localization and focusing of the lunar SAR image, validating the effectiveness of the algorithm.

Key words: Earth-based radar, Lunar surface imaging, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), back-projection (BP)algorithm, non-stop-go echo model

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