Location and imaging of moving targets using nonuniform linear antenna array SAR

Gang Li*, Jia Xu, Ying Ning Peng, Xiang Gen Xia

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Abstract

By using a linear antenna array, velocity synthetic aperture radar (VSAR) can detect, focus, and locate slowly moving targets well. However, it may mis-locate fast moving targets in the azimuth (cross-range) direction. In this correspondence, we propose a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) with a nonuniform linear antenna array and give a design of the antenna arrangement. It is shown that our proposed nonuniform linear antenna array SAR (NULA-SAR) can locate both slowly and fast moving targets correctly. An integrated NULA-SAR algorithm for moving target imaging is also presented, and it is verified by some simulations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1214-1220
Number of pages7
JournalIEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
Volume43
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2007
Externally publishedYes

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