Doppler synthetic aperture radar interferometry: a novel SAR interferometry for height mapping using ultra-narrowband waveforms

DOI10.1088/1361-6420/AAB24CzbMATH Open1393.78012arXiv1705.08738OpenAlexW2617914357MaRDI QIDQ4569346FDOQ4569346

Authors: Birsen Yazici, Il-Young Son, H. Cagri Yanik 

Publication date: 28 June 2018

Published in: Inverse Problems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This paper introduces a new and novel radar interferometry based on Doppler synthetic aperture radar (Doppler-SAR) paradigm. Conventional SAR interferometry relies on wideband transmitted waveforms to obtain high range resolution. Topography of a surface is directly related to the range difference between two antennas configured at different positions. Doppler-SAR is a novel imaging modality that uses ultra-narrowband continuous waves (UNCW). It takes advantage of high resolution Doppler information provided by UNCWs to form high resolution SAR images. We introduced the theory of Doppler-SAR interferometry. We derived interferometric phase model and develop the equations of height mapping. Unlike conventional SAR interferometry, we show that the topography of a scene is related to the difference in Doppler between two antennas configured at different velocities. While the conventional SAR interferometry uses range, Doppler and Doppler due to interferometric phase in height mapping, Doppler-SAR interferometry uses Doppler, Doppler-rate and Doppler-rate due to interferometric phase in height mapping. We demonstrate our theory in numerical simulations. Doppler-SAR interferometry offers the advantages of long-range, robust, environmentally friendly operations; low-power, low-cost, lightweight systems suitable for low-payload platforms, such as micro-satellites; and passive applications using sources of opportunity transmitting UNCW.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.08738

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zbMATH Keywords

synthetic aperture radarinterferometryDoppler-SARnarrowband waveformssingle frequency waveforms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Detection theory in information and communication theory (94A13) Technical applications of optics and electromagnetic theory (78A55) Waves and radiation in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A40) Antennas, waveguides in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A50) Physical optics (78A10)

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