Error Analysis of Geometric Distortion Correction of Missile-Borne SAR Image
Yu Gen-miao①②; Deng Hai-tao②; Wu Shun-jun①
①National Key Lab of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian University, Xi’ an 710071, China; ②East China Research Institute of Electronic and Engineering, Hefei 230031, China
Abstract:The paper concerns the error analysis of image geometric distortion correction for missile-borne side-looking SAR. Because of the decrease of altitude during SAR operation, the SAR image obtained by common used imaging algorithm is seriously distorted. In the paper, the geometric distortion correction method of the SAR image related to subaperture RD algorithm is presented. Especially, the errors of geometric distortion correction are analyzed. The effectiveness of the method and error analysis of the geometric distortion correction are demonstrated by simulation.