A resample-based SVA algorithm for sidelobe reduction of SAR/ISAR imagery with noninteger nyquist sampling rate

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1016-1028

  Xiong, Tao ^a   Wang, Shuang ^a   Hou, Biao ^a   Wang, Yong ^b   Liu, Hongying ^a  

^a XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR); noninteger Nyquist sampled (NINS) imagery; SAR; sidelobe reduction algorithm

Indexed keywords

INVERSE SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

INVERSE SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS (ISAR); MONOTONIC PROPERTIES; NYQUIST; NYQUIST SAMPLING RATE; SAR; SIDE-LOBE REDUCTION; SIDE-LOBE SUPPRESSION; WEIGHTING FUNCTIONS;

ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGERY; SAMPLING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 84906326782     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2014.2332252     Document Type: Article

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