Experimental Results of High-Resolution ISAR Imaging of Ground-Moving Vehicles with a Stationary FMCW Rada

Authors

  • Janusz S. Kulpa Warsaw University of Technology
  • Mateusz Malanowski Warsaw University of Technology
  • Damian Gromek Warsaw University of Technology
  • Piotr Samczyński Warsaw University of Technology
  • Krzysztof Kulpa Warsaw University of Technology
  • Artur Gromek Warsaw University of Technology

Abstract

In the paper experimental results of ISAR (Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar) processing obtained with highresolution radar are presented. Targets under observation were ground moving vehicles, such as cars, trucks and tractors. The experiments were performed with a FMCW (Frequency- Modulated Continuous-Wave) radar operating at 94 GHz with almost 1 GHz of bandwidth. Due to the measurement scenario more typical for SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar), than ISAR, i.e. targets moving along straight line crossing the antenna beam, algorithms usually applied for SAR processing have been used.

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2015-07-03

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