Extended wavenumber-domain synthetic aperture radar focusing with integrated motion compensation

IEE Proceedings: Radar, Sonar and Navigation

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 301-310

  Reigber, A ^a   Alivizatos, E ^b   Potsis, A ^b   Moreira, A ^c  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BANDWIDTH; DATA PROCESSING; INTERFEROMETRY; MOTION COMPENSATION; SENSORS; TRAJECTORIES;

AZIMUTH INTEGRATION; SENSOR PARAMETERS; SENSOR TRAJECTORY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WAVELENGTH RESOLUTION;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 33745456250     PISSN: 13502395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-rsn:20045087     Document Type: Review

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