Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2020, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (12): 2716-2734.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-506X.2020.12.07

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Review of CSAR imaging techniques

Jianfeng ZHANG(), Yaowen FU(), Wenpeng ZHANG(), Wei YANG(), Tao LI()   

  1. College of Electronic Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • Received:2020-04-17 Online:2020-12-01 Published:2020-11-27

Abstract:

Circular synthetic aperture radar (CSAR) is widely used in remote sensing mapping, disaster monitoring and assessment, forest crop resource management, and battlefield target reconnaissance because of the strip-map synthetic aperture radar incomparable advantages such as sub-wavelength plane resolution, three-dimensional imaging potential, and omnidirectional observation capability. First, the signal models of CSAR is given and its imaging characteristics are ananlyzed. Then, the research progress of foreign and domestic CSAR systems and experiments is reviewed in a more comprehensive way. Subsequently, through the detailed analysis of the current status of imaging techniques such as CSAR imaging algorithms, motion compensation, and three-dimensional imaging, the problems still existing in CSAR imaging technology are summarized. Finally, the CSAR imaging technology is summarized and the future development of CSAR is prospected.

Key words: synthetic aperture radar (SAR), circular SAR (CSAR), motion compensation, three-dimensional imaging

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