This paper discusses spatial resolutions for ultrawide-band-ultrawide-beam (UWB) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) in comparison to narrow-band-narrow-beam (NB) SAR. The study shows that in the intensity interval from -6 dB to 0 dB, the behavior of the impulse response function in NB SAR imaging (IRF-NSAR)-sinc function-and the impulse response function in UWB SAR imaging (IRF-USAR) in azimuth and range are similar. This similarity is utilized in a derivation of new spatial resolution equations for UWB SAR based on -3 dB width or half power beamwidth (HPBW). Signal fractional bandwidth and associated integration angle are shown to affect the behavior of IRF-USAR. The effects to HPBW are described by the so-called HPBW narrowing/broadening factors.


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    Title :

    On Synthetic Aperture Radar Azimuth and Range Resolution Equations


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    Publication date :

    2012-04-01


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    1272591 byte




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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