Table of Contents
Imaging Radar - Introduction
Types of Radars
Imaging Radar Definition
Information Available from Radar Echo
Radar Wavelength
Typical Radar Wavelengths
Speckle
Peculiarities of Imaging with EM Waves
Condition for “Smoothness”
Directional Properties of Radar Apertures
Radar Power Equation
Target Radar Cross Section (RCS) sT
Terrain Radar Cross Section, Sigma Nought (s0)
s0 for some Common Objects
Radar Pulse Ranging
Coherent Radar can measure target’s velocity
Carl Wiley’s Observation
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
Radar Incidence Geometry
Imaging Radar Capabilities
Imaging Radar Applications
SAR References
NASA JPL Imaging Radar Home Page
Suggested exercise
Imaging Radar - SAR Principles
SAR Measurement Model
SAR Collection Geometry
Slant Range Resolution
Linear FM Signal (CHIRP)
Linear FM Signal (CHIRP) cont.
Linear FM Signal (CHIRP) cont.
The Received Signal
Reference Signal
Deramped Signal
Signal Phase Terms
Sampled Signal
Deramp Processing
Simple Range Compression Examples
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