Bistatic synthetic-aperture radar imaging of rotating objects
Abstract
The imaging properties of a focused radar aperture synthesized by object rotation are considered. The ring-shaped aperture synthesized by the object rotation can provide high-resolution two-dimensional imaging using only monochromatic irradiation. The case of monochromatic irradiation is extended to the polychromatic case and to equivalent bistatic geometries. These techniques offer practical methods for radar imaging of rotating objects with scattering centers visible over large angular extents.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Aerospace Electronic Systems
- Pub Date:
- July 1982
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1982ITAES..18..423M
- Keywords:
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- Bistatic Reflectivity;
- Image Processing;
- Radar Imagery;
- Rotating Bodies;
- Synthetic Aperture Radar;
- High Resolution;
- Image Resolution;
- Irradiation;
- Monochromatic Radiation;
- Radar Scattering;
- Communications and Radar