Processing Methods and Techniques of Spaceborne SAR with Ultra-High Resolution
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Engineering Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 27
Special Issue Editors
Interests: synthetic apeture radar (SAR) imaging; real-time radar imaging processor; SAR image processing
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, advanced spaceborne SAR missions have exploited the limits of their capabilities in achieving higher resolution. However, the lengthened synthetic aperture time generally exaggerates the orbit curvature and introduces strong spatial variance into the signals, which significantly increases the complexity of the processing techniques. In particular, the focusing quality of spaceborne ultra-high-resolution (UHR) SAR is severely dependent on the topography. Therefore, the requirements on the DEM quality to assist the accommodation as well as specifically designed accommodation methods need to be addressed to assure well focusing. Ultra-high resolution also poses a challenge to interferometric applications due to the difficulties associated with co-registration, caused by its sensitivity to fluctuating terrains. Moreover, spaceborne UHR SAR faces a large processing burden due to the significant size of the raw data. However, increasing the synthetic aperture time may also lead to the development of some novel application techniques, such as stereo SAR imaging in a single pass, multi-view-angle image fusion, 3D deformation monitoring, and atmosphere measuring.
This Special Issue will present papers that address the topic of “Processing Methods and Techniques of Spaceborne SAR with Ultra-High Resolution” and the use of innovative focusing algorithms, processing frameworks, specified cluster systems with a high focusing quality and high efficiency, and innovative applications and processing techniques in interferometry, stereo SAR imaging, multi-view-angle image fusion, and 3D deformation monitoring.
Suggested themes and article types for submissions:
- UHR spaceborne SAR mission.
- challenges and potentials of spaceborne UHR SAR.
- Innovative focusing algorithms, processing framework for spaceborne UHR SAR.
- Processing techniques of stereo SAR imaging with spaceborne UHR SAR.
- Processing techniques of multi-view-angle image fusion with spaceborne UHR SAR.
- Processing techniques of 3D deformation monitoring with spaceborne UHR SAR.
- Other remote sensing applications with spaceborne UHR SAR, such as in atmosphere and ocean observation and etc.
Prof. Dr. Guangcai Sun
Dr. Wenkang Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- spaceborne SAR
- ultra-high-resolution (UHR)
- focusing algorithm
- interferometry
- stereo SAR imaging
- multi-view-angle image fusion
- 3D deformation monitoring
