Digital Signal Processing of Synthetic Aperture Radar Data: Algorithms and Implementation

This cutting-edge resource offers you complete "how to" guidance on digital processing of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. You discover how SAR is used to obtain a high-resolution image from a satellite and learn the mathematical structure and spectral properties of the signal received from a SAR system. Supported with over 500 equations and over 200 figures, the book arms you with state-of-the-art signal processing algorithms and helps you choose the best algorithm for a given SAR system and image quality requirements.

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 ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Ian G. Cumming is a professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at the University of British Columbia. A member of the IEEE, he holds a B.A.Sc. in engineering physics from the University of Toronto and a Ph.D. in computing and automation from Imperial College, University of London. Frank H. Wong is a senior engineer with MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates. He holds a B.Eng. in electrical engineering from McGill University, an M.Sc. in electrical engineering from Queens University, and a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of British Columbia. Each author has worked in the field of Synthetic Aperture radar for 25 years, and has developed many of the SAR processing algorithms presented in the book.