Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : EC6418 : High Resolution and Imaging Radar { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Subrata Maiti
Syllabus
Part 1: High Resolution Radar (selection of) Application of the Radar Range Equation to High-Resolution Radar, High-Resolution Radar Design High-Range-Resolution Waveforms and Processing Synthetic High-Range-Resolution Radar.
Part 2: Synthetic Aperture Radar (selection of) Synthetic Aperture Concepts SAR Signal Properties SAR Processing Algorithms (Range Doppler Algorithm Chirp Scaling Algorithm Omega-K Algorithm SPECAN Algorithm) Comparison of Algorithms Doppler Centroid Estimation Automatic Focusing Advanced concepts (Polarimetric SAR Interferometric SAR GMTI) Applications of SAR (Military, Earth Observation, Digital Terrain Elevation Models).
Part 3: Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (selection of)Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar Concepts ISAR Geometry and Signal Modeling ISAR image formation (RF Front-End and Signal demodulation Radial motion compensation (Autofocusing) Image formation (Range-Doppler (RD), Joint Time-Frequency Analysis (JTFA), Back-projection) Interpretation of ISAR Images Image Autofocusing techniques (Parametric and non-parametric techniques Hot Spot Processing (Prominent Point Processing) Phase Gradient Autofocus (PGA) Image Contrast Based Autofocus (ICBA) Image Entropy Based Autofocus (IEBA)) Comparison of methods Time-window selection Cross range scaling ISAR imaging using CLEAN techniques Polarimetric ISAR Recent advances (Bistatic and multi-static ISAR, 3D ISAR).
Course Objectives
- To develop knowledge and skills on UWB Radar system
- To know design aspect of SAR
Course Outcomes
1) Understand principle of SAR, UWB Radar <br />2) Learn techniques of signal processing for imaging Radar.
Essential Reading
- Dean L. Mensa, High Resolution Radar Imaging, Artech House Publishers , 2012
- Curlander, John C., and Robert N. McDonough, Synthetic aperture radar, John Wiley & Sons, 1991 , Vol. 396. New York, NY, USA
Supplementary Reading
- August W. Rihaczek, Principles of High-resolution Radar, Artech House Publishers
- John J. Kovaly,, Synthetic aperture radar, Dedham, Mass., Artech House, Inc , 1976
Journal and Conferences
- IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
- IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing