A GA-based autofocus technique for correcting high-frequency SAR phase error

Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 781-795

  Koo, Voon Chet ^a   Lim, T S ^a   Rao, M V C ^a   Chuah, H T ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FREQUENCIES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYNOMIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

AUTOFOCUS TECHNIQUES; MULTIPLE APERTURE MAPDRIFTS (MAM); PHASE ERRORS; PHASE GRADIENT AUTOFOCUS (PGA);

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 3042693922     PISSN: 09205071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156939304323105862     Document Type: Article

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