Digital Processing Of Synthetic Aperture Radar Data: Algorithms And Implementation

Writing for professionals in synthetic aperture radar (SAR), the authors describe what goes on behind the high-resolution images. They examine how SAR receives signals from satellites, processes them mathematically, and presents them as images. Their topics include signal processing fundamentals, pulse compression of linear FM signals, synthetic aperture concepts, and SAR signal properties. They cover SAR processing algorithms including the range Doppler, chirp scaling, Omega-K, and SPECAN, the ways SpanSAR processes the data, and comparisons of the algorithms. They close with material on Doppler parameter estimation and azimuth FM rate estimation. They include a helpful list of acronyms and symbols. The accompanying CD-ROM includes the raw signal data used for many of the examples in the book; this data can also be used to develop and verify SAR processing programs. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)