Detection and Estimation With RADARSAT-2 Moving-Object Detection Experiment Modes

This paper describes in detail several multichannel variants of the famous displaced phase center antenna (DPCA) method suitable for spaceborne multichannel synthetic aperture radar ground moving target indication (GMTI), which has become available through the RADARSAT-2 moving-object detection experiment (MODEX). A flexible signal processing architecture was developed at Defense Research and Development Canada to support R&D work in GMTI and to provide a tool for MODEX system validation. The presented multichannel DPCA method is one of the first algorithms that have been implemented and successfully tested using this architecture. The main objective is to provides a simple, yet effective and robust way to detect ground moving vehicles and to estimate their position and velocity. This work forms a baseline for further advancement in the GMTI area.

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