Signal processing issues for the exploitation of pulse-to-pulse encoding SAR transponders

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    Abstract

    Synthetic aperture radar signal processing issues related to the exploitation of a pulse-to-pulse encoding transponder using pseudorandom codes discussed analytically. Namely the focusing algorithm, the code synchronization procedure and the properties of the code induced gain against non-encoding point scatterers and distributed ones. A time-domain processing algorithm and a code synchronization procedure are proposed and validated on simulated data and on a European Remote Sensing Satellite-2 data set containing prototypes of such a device. The interaction of the transponder signal with terrain backscattering is analyzed by deriving parameters that are useful for performance assessment. These are related to the relevant parameters in radiometric calibration, interferometric applications, and tagging.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalI E E E Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
    Volume46
    Issue number4
    Pages (from-to)1048-1057
    ISSN0196-2892
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2008

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