Abstract
As a new imaging framework, the rotating synthetic aperture radar (ROSAR) derives a synthetic aperture through antenna rotation instead of traditional linear platform motion. The rotational synthetic aperture is sensitive to high-frequency vibrations aboard helicopters. The vibration causes severe phase error in signal echoes and imaging degradation. Unlike traditional synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging where range-Doppler algorithm (RDA) maybe applied for autofocus to improve the imaging performance, vibration phase errors cannot be estimated via conventional imaging algorithms due to severe range and azimuth couplings. A new ROSAR imaging procedure is proposed to compensate the phase error resulting from high-frequency vibrations of helicopters. A vibration model of ROSAR signal echo is established. The double Doppler keystone transform (DDKT) is adopted to correct the range cell migration (RCM) induced by slant range history and vibration errors. Analytical echo expression with range-independent vibration phase error is also derived in greater details. The focused image can then be obtained via classical autofocus algorithms. The effectiveness of the proposed technique is sufficiently demonstrated through simulation studies.
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