Impacts of ionospheric scintillation on geosynchronous SAR

Yuanhao Li, Cheng Hu*, Xichao Dong, Tao Zeng, Teng Long, Lixiang Ma, Xiaopeng Yang

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Abstract

Geosynchronous Synthetic Aperture Radar (GEO SAR) will be affected by ionosphere scintillation inevitably because it usually works at L band. In this paper, GEO SAR signal model in presence of ionospheric scintillation is proposed. The scintillation sampling model is employed to simulate ionospheric scintillation data. Several GEO SAR imaging simulations in different scintillation cases and a real ionospheric scintillation measurement in Zhuhai district of China are conducted to study the impacts of ionospheric scintillation on GEO SAR in azimuth. The results suggest that ionospheric scintillation will worsen the azimuth resolution, and rise azimuth peak sidelobe ratio (PSLR), and severely deteriorate azimuth integrated sidelobe ratio (ISLR).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2015 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2015 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages3754-3757
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781479979295
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Nov 2015
EventIEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2015 - Milan, Italy
Duration: 26 Jul 201531 Jul 2015

Publication series

NameInternational Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Volume2015-November

Conference

ConferenceIEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2015
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityMilan
Period26/07/1531/07/15

Keywords

  • Geosynchronous SAR (GEO SAR)
  • SAR imaging
  • ionospheric scintillation
  • scintillation sampling model

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