基于成像坐标系优化的中轨星载SAR成像方法

李航; 刘文康; 孙光才; 邢孟道; 李光伟; 费晓燕

doi:10.12000/JR20098

基于成像坐标系优化的中轨星载SAR成像方法

DOI: 10.12000/JR20098

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西安电子科技大学雷达信号处理国家重点实验室西安 710071
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西安电子科技大学信息感知技术协同创新中心西安 710071

基金项目: 国家自然科学基金重点项目(61931025)，高等学校学科创新引智计划资助(B18039)

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作者简介:
李　航(1996–)，女，山西吕梁人，西安电子科技大学电子工程学院博士生。主要研究方向为星载合成孔径雷达成像、海洋微波遥感观测等。E-mail: hli_xidian@163.com

刘文康(1994–)，男，河南周口人，西安电子科技大学电子工程学院博士生。主要研究方向为中轨星载合成孔径雷达成像、高轨星载合成孔径雷达成像、动目标成像处理等。E-mail: wkliu@stu.xidian.edu.cn

孙光才(1984–)，男，湖北孝感人，博士，华山特聘教授。2012年在西安电子科技大学电子工程学院获得博士学位，现担任西安电子科技大学电子工程学院副教授。主要研究方向为新体制雷达成像、运动目标检测成像。E-mail: rsandsgc@126.com

邢孟道(1975–)，男，浙江嵊州人，博士，教授，2002年在西安电子科技大学电子工程学院获得博士学位，现担任西安电子科技大学电子工程学院教授。研究方向为雷达探测、雷达成像、运动目标检测成像。E-mail: xmd@xidian.edu.cn

通讯作者:
刘文康 wkliu@stu.xidian.edu.cn

孙光才 rsandsgc@126.com

责任主编：李宁 Corresponding Editor: LI Ning
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- 收稿日期: 2020-07-08
- 修回日期: 2020-09-15
- 网络出版日期: 2020-10-28

MEO SAR Imaging Based on Imaging Coordinate System Optimization

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National Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China
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Collaborative Innovation Center of Information Sensing and Understanding, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China

Funds: The State Key Program of National Natural Science China (61931025), The 111 Project (B18039)

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Corresponding author: LIU Wenkang, wkliu@stu.xidian.edu.cn; SUN Guangcai, rsandsgc@126.com

摘要

摘要: 在中轨合成孔径雷达(MEO SAR)成像中，大弯曲轨道以及长合成孔径时间会导致信号产生严重的两维空变。常规方法分别在距离和方位两个方向处理空变，计算复杂度通常比较高。该文研究了大场景中的多普勒调频率的空间分布，并提出将数据变换到一种非正交非线性成像坐标系中进行成像，使中轨SAR信号在该坐标系中满足方位平移不变性，由于不需要对方位空变做额外处理，该成像方法的运算量显著降低。最后通过多普勒线性化处理可以进一步补偿高阶多普勒参数的影响，以实现场景边缘点更精确的聚焦，并校正由非线性坐标系变换引入的方位聚焦位置偏移。最后，在条带模式下仿真2 m分辨率的数据，可以验证所提出算法的有效性。
- 中轨SAR /
- 两维空变 /
- 成像坐标系优化 /
- 非正交非线性成像坐标系
Abstract: In the Medium-Earth-Orbit Synthetic Aperture Radar (MEO SAR), the curved trajectory and long synthetic aperture time lead to a two-dimensional spatial variation in the signals. Traditional methods usually process the range and azimuth variations separately, and the computational complexities are high. Herein, we study the Doppler rate distribution across a large scene and propose a non-orthogonal and nonlinear coordinate system wherein the MEO SAR signals satisfy the azimuth-shift–invariant property. Thus, the efficiency of the image formation processor can be significantly improved. The higher-order Doppler parameters are addressed by the Doppler linearization. Then, more precise focusing can be achieved, and the azimuth time-shift caused by the changes in signal distribution is addressed. Finally, the processing results of simulated stripmap-mode data with a 2-m resolution are presented to validate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.
- Medium-Earth-Orbit Synthetic Aperture Radar (MEO SAR) /
- 2-D space variance /
- Imaging coordinate system optimize /
- Non-orthogonal and nonlinear coordinate system

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图 1 MEO SAR成像几何示意图

Figure 1. MEO SAR imaging geometry

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图 2 多普勒调频率平面坐标系

Figure 2. Doppler rate plane

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图 3 聚焦算法流程图

Figure 3. Flowchart of the proposed imaging algorithm

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图 4 仿真场景目标分布

Figure 4. Arrangement of simulated targets

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图 5 目标斜距与多普勒调频率的关系

Figure 5. Relationships between Doppler rates and ranges of the simulated targets

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图 6 文献[22]中NCS算法的点目标仿真结果

Figure 6. Simulation results using the NCS algorithm in Ref. [22]

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图 7 文献[21]中的JTDR算法的点目标仿真结果

Figure 7. Simulation results using the JTDR algorithm in Ref. [21]

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图 8 本文所提算法的点目标仿真结果

Figure 8. Simulation results using the proposed method

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图 9 不同算法运算量对比

Figure 9. Computation comparison using different methods

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表 1 仿真参数

Table 1. Simulation parameters

类型	名称	值
轨道参数	轨道高度(km)	13000
	偏心率	0
	倾角(°)	90
	近地点幅角(°)	0
雷达参数	载频(GHz)	5.2
	带宽(MHz)	105
	PRF(Hz)	830
	斜视角(°)	0
	入射角(°)	40
	合成孔径时间(s)	40.1
	地面距离/方位分辨率(m)	2/2
场景参数	方位场景幅宽(km)	100
场景参数	距离场景幅宽(km)	100

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表 2 文献[21]中JTDR算法与本文所提算法仿真PSLR及ISLR数值

Table 2. Compare of simulated values of PSLR and ISLR using the JTDR algorithm in Ref. [21] and the proposed method

目标坐标	文献[21]中JTDR算法				本文所提算法
	PSLR		ISLR		PSLR		ISLR
	方位	距离	方位	距离	方位	距离	方位	距离
A(6,6)	–13.26	–13.28	–10.17	–10.06	–13.25	–13.28	–10.08	–10.02
B(6,11)	–13.26	–13.29	–10.14	–10.07	–13.26	–13.28	–10.06	–10.03
C(1,11)	–13.32	–13.28	–10.21	–10.06	–13.27	–13.28	–10.09	–10.02

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