Efficient Simulation of Extended-Scene SAR Raw Signals with Any Acquisition Mode

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems are active sensors able to generate microwave images by using different acquisition modes. The classical one is the stripmap mode, the other ones are chosen based on the trade-off between spatial resolution and coverage. In this paper, we will present a unified formulation able to express raw signals for all acquisition modes and we will employ it into an approach to show that both sliding spotlight and TOPSAR raw signals of extended scenes can be simulated. This approach consists of a 1D range Fourier-domain (1D-FD) processing, followed by a 1D azimuth time-domain (TD) integration, and it can also take into account for sensor trajectory deviations. Numerical examples are then shown in order to verify the effectiveness of the simulation scheme.

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