Synthetic Aperture Radar Wave Theory Foundations Hardcover by Christopher Barnes

Description: Synthetic Aperture Radar Wave Theory Foundations Hardcover by Christopher Barnes First edition Synthetic Aperture Radar, Wave Theory Foundations, Analysis and Algorithms, by Christopher F. Barnes, PhD, delivers a comprehensive and in-depth study of the subject. This book covers all major topics related to synthetic aperture radar (SAR) science, systems and software. SAR science is established on a foundation of wave theory. SAR systems for stripmap, spotlight, spotmap, volumetric, inverse, scan, swept, etc. modes are explained. SAR analysis techniques are presented at a detailed mathematical level, including analyses of chirp signals, and both stretch and chirp receiver systems. All SAR algorithm classes are presented: Stolt formatting, polar formatting (including direct and filtered back-projection methods), hyperbolic coherent summing, spherical coherent summing (including direct, filtered and factorized back-propagation versions), range stacking, range-Doppler and chirp scaling. Most SAR algorithms are described with sufficient detail to enable software implementations. Novel methods for volumetric SAR (VolSAR) imaging are presented. The empowerment of diffraction limited VolSAR imaging with swarms of SAR sensors and non-linear flight paths is demonstrated in simulation studies. Coherent fusion of multiband SAR is also demonstrated. The study of SAR is placed into a historical thread that begins with the ancient study of light, continues through ray and diffraction optics as explained by classical physics, and ends with electromagnetic wave propagation as explained by modern physics and Fourier optics. Vector and scalar wave motion equations based on Maxwells equations and acoustic wave dynamics are derived. Electromagnetic and acoustic wave theory principles are used to develop SAR signal models for both differential and integral descriptions of terrain scattering and received backscatter. Wave motion equations are manipulated into time-space, time-wavenumber, frequency-wavenumber and frequency-space domains to create the proper contexts for analyses of the different SAR algorithm classes. Roles of baseband and passband forms of the Radon transform, the Hilbert transform, the Fourier projection theorem and the Fourier diffraction theorem in SAR algorithm families are explained. Analyses of SAR antennas and SAR signal channels are also performed. SAR and computed imaging literature of the last sixty years is extensively surveyed and summarized. Relationships between SAR image formation algorithms and the computed imaging algorithms of holography, diffraction tomography, ray tomography and seismology are explained. Many variations of SAR algorithms found in the literature are organized into a taxonomy that illuminates algorithm relationships. Aside from some marks on the cover, this book seems to be in good condition!

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