Abstract
Existing low-Earth-orbit synthetic aperture radar (SAR) algorithms generally assume that the data are azimuth invariant. However, this assumption does not hold for the medium-Earth-orbit (MEO) SAR systems due to the significantly longer azimuth integration time and complex imaging geometries. As a result, the MEO SAR data cannot be processed accurately and efficiently using the existing algorithms. To solve this problem, this letter proposes a two-step azimuth perturbation (AP) method that uses the first-step AP to remove the bulk azimuth variance at the range processing stage and the second-step AP to remove the residual variance at the azimuth processing stage. As an example, an improved range Doppler algorithm with the integrated two-step AP is discussed in this letter. Simulations of an L-band MEO SAR with 5-m resolution at 10 000-km orbit height are used to demonstrate the validity and accuracy of this algorithm.
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