NDLI: Selecting Suitable Coherent Processing Time Window Lengths for Ground-Based ISAR Imaging of Cooperative Sea Vessels

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Author	Gaffar, M.Y.A. Nel, W.A.J. Inggs, M.R.
Copyright Year	1980
Abstract	Inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) imaging of sea vessels is a challenging task because their 3-D rotational motion over the coherent processing interval (CPI) often leads to blurred images. The selection of the duration of the CPI, also known as the coherent processing time window length (CPTWL), is critical because it should be short enough to limit the blurring caused by the 3-D rotational motion and long enough to ensure that the desired cross-range resolution is obtained. This paper proposes an algorithm, referred to as the motion-aided CPTWL selector (MACS) algorithm, which selects suitable CPTWLs for ISAR imaging of cooperative sea vessels. The suggested CPTWLs may be used to obtain motion-compensated ISAR images that have the desired medium cross-range resolution and limited blurring due to 3-D rotational motion. The proposed algorithm is applied to measured motion data of three different classes of sea vessels: a yacht, a fishing trawler, and a survey vessel. Results show that longer CPTWLs are needed for larger vessels in order to obtain ISAR images with the desired cross-range resolution. The effectiveness of the CPTWLs, suggested by the MACS algorithm, is shown using measured radar data. The suggested CPTWLs may also be used to select an effective initial CPTWL for Martorella/Berizzi's optimum imaging selection algorithm when it is applied to measured radar data of small vessels. Lastly, the proposed technique offers significant computational savings for radar cross section measurement applications where a few high-quality ISAR images are desired from long radar recordings.
Sponsorship	IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society IEEE URSI
Starting Page	3231
Ending Page	3240
Page Count	10
File Size	671750
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01962892
Volume Number	47
Issue Number	9
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2009-09-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Sea measurements Radar cross section Radar imaging Radar measurements Image resolution Inverse synthetic aperture radar Motion measurement Boats High-resolution imaging Radar applications sea vessels Coherent processing time window lengths (CPTWLs) inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) radar cross section (RCS) measurement
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Earth and Planetary Sciences Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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