Forward-Looking Geometric Configuration Optimization Design for Spaceborne-Airborne Multistatic Synthetic Aperture Radar

Deqing Mao; Yongchao Zhang; Jifang Pei; Weibo Huo; Yin Zhang; Yulin Huang; Jianyu Yang

doi:10.1109/jstars.2021.3103802

Forward-Looking Geometric Configuration Optimization Design for Spaceborne-Airborne Multistatic Synthetic Aperture Radar

Deqing Mao (School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China) iD Yongchao Zhang (School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China) iD Jifang Pei (School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China) iD Weibo Huo (School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China) iD Yin Zhang (School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China) iD Yulin Huang (School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China) iD Jianyu Yang (School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China) iD

Journal: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing • 2021-01-01 • IEEE • ISSN: 2151-1535

Abstract

Spaceborne-airborne multistatic synthetic aperture radar (SA-MuSAR) has the ability to provide high-resolution forward-looking imagery for receivers, but it relies on careful design of the geometric configuration (GC). In this article, a forward-looking GC optimization design method is proposed to obtain a high-quality fused image with limited observation time. First, the relationship between the spatial resolution and GC is illustrated by the wavenumber spectrum distribution of SA-MuSAR. Second, GC evaluators depending on the distribution of multiple wavenumber spectrum data are proposed. The GC design problem of coherent SA-MuSAR is transformed into a constrained multiobjective optimization problem. An intelligent evolutionary algorithm is adopted to optimize the wavenumber spectrum distribution. With the proposed method, high-quality forward-looking imagery can be obtained with a short observation time. Numerical simulations are carried out to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Subjects & Keywords

# Ocean engineering # Geophysics. Cosmic physics # Forward-looking geometric configuration (GC) design # spaceborne-airborne multistatic synthetic aperture radar (SA-MuSAR) # wavenumber spectrum distribution

How to Cite this Article

                    Deqing Mao, Yongchao Zhang, Jifang Pei, et al. (2021). "Forward-Looking Geometric Configuration Optimization Design for Spaceborne-Airborne Multistatic Synthetic Aperture Radar". IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. https://doi.org/10.1109/jstars.2021.3103802                

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