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Impact of SAR Image Formation Quality on Target Separability
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Lawyer, Cody A.
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Year and Degree
2014, Master of Science in Engineering (MSEgr), Wright State University, Electrical Engineering.
Abstract
The polar format algorithm (PFA) allows the use of computationally efficient fast Fourier transforms in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image formation, but introduces phase errors when making the far-field approximations that facilitate this approach. The phase errors cause spatially variant distortion and defocus in the formed image. These effects may complicate target recognition applications. To limit the impact of defocus, scene size is usually limited such that the maximum quadratic phase error within an image falls below some threshold. This thesis looks at how distortion and defocus affects the classification of targets, with the hope of developing an application-driven scene size limit.
Committee
Brian Rigling, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Fred Garber, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Michael Saville, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Pages
72 p.
Subject Headings
Electrical Engineering
Keywords
electrical engineering
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Lawyer, C. A. (2014).
Impact of SAR Image Formation Quality on Target Separability
[Master's thesis, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1400783630
APA Style (7th edition)
Lawyer, Cody.
Impact of SAR Image Formation Quality on Target Separability.
2014. Wright State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1400783630.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Lawyer, Cody. "Impact of SAR Image Formation Quality on Target Separability." Master's thesis, Wright State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1400783630
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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