Analysis of Effects of Faraday Rotation on Geosynchronous SAR Imaging

Shiyu Sun, Xichao Dong, Jiaqi Hu, Cheng Hu

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Abstract

Faraday rotation (FR) is the rotation of the polarization plane relative to the incident wave under the influence of the ionosphere when the signal passes through the ionosphere, which will affect Geosynchronous Synthetic Aperture Radar (GEO SAR) imaging. Due to the long synthetic aperture time characteristic, the time-freezing model assumption for traditional low earth orbit (LEO) SAR imaging will no longer be suitable for GEO SAR imaging analysis. Therefore, the effects of FR on GEO SAR imaging within the extremely long integration time need to be considered. In this paper, the expression of GEO SAR signal under the effects of FR is deduced, and a quantitative analysis for the amplitude-phase error caused by the FR effect in the integration time is conducted. Then, the results of the influence of FR on the amplitude and azimuth phase of the GEO SAR signal are given by using the measured TEC data. Finally, the global distribution map of FR is drawn, and the spatial distribution characteristics of FR are given.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICSIDP 2019 - IEEE International Conference on Signal, Information and Data Processing 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728123455
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2019
Event2019 IEEE International Conference on Signal, Information and Data Processing, ICSIDP 2019 - Chongqing, China
Duration: 11 Dec 201913 Dec 2019

Publication series

NameICSIDP 2019 - IEEE International Conference on Signal, Information and Data Processing 2019

Conference

Conference2019 IEEE International Conference on Signal, Information and Data Processing, ICSIDP 2019
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChongqing
Period11/12/1913/12/19

Keywords

  • Faraday rotation
  • GEO SAR
  • imaging effects

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