Time domain SAR raw data simulation using CST and image focusing of 3D objects

Adnan Saeed; Olaf Hellwich

doi:10.1117/12.2281186

4 October 2017 Time domain SAR raw data simulation using CST and image focusing of 3D objects

Adnan Saeed, Olaf Hellwich

Proceedings Volume 10427, Image and Signal Processing for Remote Sensing XXIII; 1042716 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2281186
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2017, Warsaw, Poland

Abstract

This paper presents the use of a general purpose electromagnetic simulator, CST, to simulate realistic synthetic aperture radar (SAR) raw data of three-dimensional objects. Raw data is later focused in MATLAB using range-doppler algorithm. Within CST Microwave Studio a replica of TerraSAR-X chirp signal is incident upon a modeled Corner Reflector (CR) whose design and material properties are identical to that of the real one. Defining mesh and other appropriate settings reflected wave is measured at several distant points within a line parallel to the viewing direction. This is analogous to an array antenna and is synthesized to create a long aperture for SAR processing. The time domain solver in CST is based on the solution of differential form of Maxwells equations. Exported data from CST is arranged into a 2-d matrix of axis range and azimuth. Hilbert transform is applied to convert the real signal to complex data with phase information. Range compression, range cell migration correction (RCMC), and azimuth compression are applied in time domain to obtain the final SAR image. This simulation can provide valuable information to clarify which real world objects cause images suitable for high accuracy identification in the SAR images.

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Adnan Saeed and Olaf Hellwich "Time domain SAR raw data simulation using CST and image focusing of 3D objects", Proc. SPIE 10427, Image and Signal Processing for Remote Sensing XXIII, 1042716 (4 October 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2281186

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