Pasmurov A., Zinoviev J. Radar Imaging and Holography

The Institution of Engineering and Technology, London, United Kingdom, 2009, 249 pp.This book presents systematised results on the application of direct and inverse aperture synthesis for radar imaging by holographic and tomographic techniques. The focus is on the research data obtained by the authors themselves. The book is primarily intended for engineers, designers and researchers, who are working in radar design and maintenance and are interested in the fundamental problem of extracting useful information from radar data.Basic concepts of radar imaging
Optical definitions
Holographic concepts
The principles of computerised tomography
The principles of microwave imaging
Methods of radar imaging
Target models
Basic principles of aperture synthesis
Methods of signal processing in imaging radar
SAR signal processing and holographic radar for earth surveys
ISAR signal processing
Coherent radar holographic and tomographic processing
The holographic approach
Tomographic processing in 2D viewing geometry
Quasi-holographic and holographic radar imaging of point targets on the earth surface
Side-looking SAR as a quasi-holographic radar
The principles of hologram recording
Image reconstruction from a microwave hologram
Effects of carrier track instabilities and object’s motion on image quality
Front-looking holographic radar
The principles of hologram recording
Image reconstruction and scaling relations
The focal depth
A tomographic approach to spotlight SAR
Tomographic registration of the earth area projection
Tomographic algorithms for image reconstruction
Imaging radars and partially coherent targets
Imaging of extended targets
Mapping of rough sea surface
A mathematical model of imaging of partially coherent extended targets
Statistical characteristics of partially coherent target images
Statistical image characteristics for zero incoherent signal integration
Statistical image characteristics for incoherent signal integration
Viewing of low contrast partially coherent targets
Radar systems for rotating target imaging (a holographic approach)
Inverse synthesis of 1D microwave Fourier holograms
Complex 1D microwave Fourier holograms
Simulation of microwave Fourier holograms
Radar systems for rotating target imaging (a tomographic approach)
Processing in frequency and space domains
Processing in 3D viewing geometry: 2D and 3D imaging
The conditions for hologram recording
Preprocessing of radar data
Hologram processing by coherent summation of partial components
Processing algorithms for holograms of complex geometry
2D viewing geometry
3D viewing geometry
Imaging of targets moving in a straight line
The effect of partial signal coherence on the cross range resolution
Modelling of path instabilities of an aerodynamic target
Modelling of radar imaging for partially coherent signals
Phase errors and improvement of image quality
Phase errors due to tropospheric and ionospheric turbulence
The refractive index distribution in the troposphere
The distribution of electron density fluctuations in the ionosphere
A model of phase errors in a turbulent troposphere
A model of phase errors in a turbulent ionosphere
Evaluation of image quality
Potential SAR characteristics
Radar characteristics determined from images
Integral evaluation of image quality
Speckle noise and its suppression
Structure and statistical characteristics of speckle
Speckle suppression
Radar imaging application
The earth remote sensing
Satellite SARs
SAR sea ice monitoring in the Arctic
SAR imaging of mesoscale ocean phenomena
The application of inverse aperture synthesis for radar imaging
Measurement of target characteristics
Target recognition