Fast non-searching method for ground moving target refocusing and motion parameters estimation

Abstract Ground moving targets may be smeared in a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image due to the range migration, Doppler ambiguity and azimuth spectrum split caused by target unknown motion parameters. To handle these problems, we propose a fast non-searching method for maneuvering target refocusing and motion parameters estimation in this paper. First, the azimuth-deramp is conducted, which is capable of eliminating the azimuth spectrum splitting. In the sequel, the second-order keystone transform (SOKT) based on the scaling principle is applied to further correct the residual range curvature. Then, the phase difference (PD) is performed to eliminate the range walk and estimate the motion parameters, which does not require the prior knowledge of Doppler ambiguity number. Finally, the moving target can be well focused with the estimated parameters. This method has high computational efficiency and improved parameter estimation accuracy. Both simulated and real data are processed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

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