Time-Frequency Transforms for Radar Imaging and Signal Analysis

ISBN 1-58053-288-8
Victor C. Chen and Hao Ling
234 pages.

 

Contents:
Introduction -- Radar Electronic Backscattering. Radar Signals, Radar Ambiguity Function and Matched Filter. Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging.
Time-Frequency Transforms -- Linear Transforms. Bilinear Transforms.
Detection and Extraction of Signal Noise -- Time-Varying Frequency Filtering. SNR Improvement in Time-Frequency Domain. CFAR Detection in Joint Time-Frequency Domain. Signal Extraction in Joint Time-Frequency Domain.
Time-Frequency Analysis of Radar Range Profiles -- Electromagnetic Phenomenology Embedded in Backscattered Data. Time-Frequency Representation of Range Profiles. Application of High-Resolution Time-Frequency Techniques to Scattering Data. Extraction of Dispersive Scattering Features from Radar Imagery Using Time-Frequency Processing.
Time-Frequency Based Image Formation -- Radar Imaging of Moving Targets. Motion Compensation. Time-Frequency Based Image Formation. Radar Imaging of Maneuvering Targets. Radar Imaging of Multiple Targets.
Motion Compensation in Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging Using Time-Frequency Techniques – Motion Compensation Algorithms. Time-Frequency Based Motion Compensation. Motion Compensation Examples of Simulated and Measured Data. Presence of Three-Dimensional Target Motion.
Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging of Moving Target – Radar Signatures of Moving Targets. Effect of Target Motion on SAR Imaging. Detection and Imaging of Moving Targets. SAR Imaging of Moving Targets Using Time-Frequency Transforms.
Time-Frequency Transform for Analysis of Micro-Doppler Phenomena -- Vibration Induced Micro-Doppler. Rotation Induced Micro-Doppler. Examples.
Trends in Time-Frequency Transforms for Radar Applications. References.