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Imaging with Synthetic Aperture Radar (Engineering Sciences
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A Theoretical Emergency Kit for SAR Imagery

The propagation and polarization of electromagnetic waves

The electromagnetic radiation of microwave antennas

Interaction between waves and natural surfaces

Elements of signal processing


SAR Processing: At the Heart of the SAR Technique

Introduction

General principles of Synthetic Aperture Radar

Frequency representation

SAR Synthesis algorithms

System constraints

Geometry characteristics

An introduction to super-resolution

Radar processing and geometric specificity of bistatic data


From SAR Design to Image Quality

Introduction

Radar equation, Radar Cross Section (RCS) of a point target

Radar signature for extended targets - the backscatter

Signal to noise ratio (SNR) of the radar-target link before SAR synthesis

Modifying the SNR during SAR synthesis

Instrument Noise Equivalent σ0(NEσ0inst)

Impact of image ambiguities on the NEσ0inst - total

Volume of data generated onboard

Telemetry data rate

Calibration and corresponding image quality requirements

Speckle noise and image statistics

The impulse response (IR)

Radiometric elements of Image Quality

Geometric elements of image quality

Radar image interpretation


SAR Interferometry: Towards the Ultimate Ranging Accuracy

Principles and limitations of radar interferometry

Implementing interferometry processing

Application for topography

Application for displacement measurement

How slope effects limit interferometry

Interpreting the results

Availability and mission perspectives

Comparison of interferometry with other methods

Robustness of coherent processing when faced with ambiguities

Permanent reflectors


SAR Polarimetry: Towards the Ultimate Characterization of Targets

Introduction

Radar polarimetry: operating principle

The scattering matrix

Standard forms of backscatter

Polarization synthesis

Characteristic polarization and Euler parameters

Coherent decomposition of the polarimetric measurement

Taking depolarization into account

Covariance matrix - coherence matrix

Incoherent decomposition of polarimetric measurements

Practical cases of polarimetric analysis

Synoptic representation of polarimetric information

Future compact polarimetric systems

Merging polarimetry and interferometry: PolInSAR

Conclusion

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