Digital Signal Processing of Synthetic Aperture Radar Data: Algorithms and Implementation

by Ian G. Cumming, MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Staff, Frank H. Wong, University of British Columbia

Overview

This cutting-edge resource offers you complete "how to" guidance on digital processing of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. You discover how SAR is used to obtain a high-resolution image from a satellite and learn the mathematical structure and spectral properties of the signal received from a SAR system. Supported with over 500 equations and over 200 figures, the book arms you with state-of-the-art signal processing algorithms and helps you choose the best algorithm for a given SAR system and image quality requirements.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781580530583
Publisher:	Artech House, Incorporated
Publication date:	01/28/2005
Series:	Artech House Remote Sensing Library
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	656
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.38(d)

About the Author

Ian G. Cumming is a professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at the University of British Columbia. A member of the IEEE, he holds a B.A.Sc. in engineering physics from the University of Toronto and a Ph.D. in computing and automation from Imperial College, University of London. Frank H. Wong is a senior engineer with MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates. He holds a B.Eng. in electrical engineering from McGill University, an M.Sc. in electrical engineering from Queens University, and a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of British Columbia. Each author has worked in the field of Synthetic Aperture radar for 25 years, and has developed many of the SAR processing algorithms presented in the book.

Table of Contents

Foreword. Introduction. Signal Processing Fundamentals. Pulse Compression. Synthetic Aperture Concepts. SAR Signal Properties. The Range Doppler Algorithm. The Chirp Scaling Algorithm. The Omega-K Algorithm. The SPECAN Algorithm. Processing ScanSAR Data. Doppler Parameter Estimation. Comparison of Algorithms. References.