Research on Turning Motion Targets and Velocity Estimation in High Resolution Spaceborne SAR

The development of high resolution SAR makes the influence of moving target more prominent, which results in defocusing and other unexplained phenomena. This paper focuses on the research of imaging signatures and velocity estimation of turning motion targets. In this paper, the turning motion is regarded as the straight line motion of continuous change of moving direction. Through the analysis of the straight line motion with constant velocity and the geometric modeling of the turning motion in spaceborne SAR, the imaging signatures of the turning motion target are obtained, such as the broken line phenomenon at the curve. Furthermore, a method for estimating the turning velocity is proposed here. The radial velocity is calculated by the azimuth offset of the turning motion target and the azimuth velocity is calculated by the phase error compensated in the refocusing process. The amplitude and direction of the velocity can be obtained by using both of them. The results of simulation and GF-3 data prove the accuracy of the analysis of turning motion imaging signatures, and they also show the accuracy and validity of the velocity estimation method in this paper.

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