ISAR imaging using an emulated multistatic radar system

The use of a monostatic radar configuration limits the ability of an inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) system to image targets in certain geometries. By employing multistatic geometries this limitation may be overcome. This paper discusses the emulation of multistatic geometries, via sea surfa...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on aerospace and electronic systems 2005-10, Vol.41 (4), p.1464-1472
Main Authors: Palmer, J., H omer, J., Longstaff, I.D., Martorella, M., Littleton, B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air traffic control
Aircraft components
Bistatic radar
Doppler radar
Electronic systems
Geometry
Imaging
Inverse synthetic aperture radar
Multistatic radar
Oceans
Radar
Radar imaging
Radar theory
Reflection
Sea surface
Synthetic aperture radar
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Summary:The use of a monostatic radar configuration limits the ability of an inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) system to image targets in certain geometries. By employing multistatic geometries this limitation may be overcome. This paper discusses the emulation of multistatic geometries, via sea surface multipath reflections, using a monostatic system. This application capitalises on the advantages provided by both monostatic and bistatic systems. The possibility of obtaining ISAR images using these emulated multistatic radar configurations is first theoretically discussed and then verified using experimental results.
ISSN:0018-9251
1557-9603
DOI:10.1109/TAES.2005.1561897