多方位角多基线星载SAR三维成像方法研究

传统星载合成孔径雷达(Sythetic Aperture Radar, SAR)采用多基线的方式可获取目标区域的3维图像，解决了SAR 2维图像中的叠掩问题，但仍存在因遮挡导致的信息获取不足的问题。为此，该文首次提出了多方位角多基线星载SAR 3维成像方法，其不仅解决了叠掩问题，还通过融合不同方位角下获取的3维点云减少了遮挡区域，提升了星载SAR信息获取能力。文中首先建立多方位角多基线星载SAR空间观测模型，并通过推导论证斜视多基线观测和正侧视多基线观测具有相同的数学信号模型，为直接将正侧视时的3维成像方法应用于斜视时的3维处理提供理论支撑；在此基础上，给出多方位角多基线星载SAR 3维成像方法及处理流程，其包括SAR斜视3维处理和多方位角3维点云融合两个步骤；最后，通过方位角45°下的点阵目标实验验证SAR斜视3维处理方法的有效性，并利用方位角45°和–45°下的直升机目标仿真验证多方位角3维点云融合方法的有效性。 

Three-dimensional Imaging Algorithm for Multi-azimuth-angle Multi-baseline Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar

Traditional spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) can acquire three-dimensional (3D) images by using multi-baseline SAR data, which solves the problem of layover in two-dimensional (2D) SAR image, however, there is still a problem of insufficient information acquisition caused by occlusion. Considering this, a 3D imaging algorithm for multi-azimuth-angle multi-baseline spaceborne SAR is proposed in this paper; this algorithm not only solves the problem of layover, but also reduces the occlusion area by fusing the 3D point clouds obtained under different azimuth angles and improves the information acquisition ability of spaceborne SAR. First, the observation model of multi-azimuth-angle multi-baseline spaceborne SAR is established, and it shows that the mathematical signal models of the multi-baseline SAR in the squint mode and broadside mode are the same, which provides theoretical support for the direct application of broadside 3D imaging algorithm to the 3D processing of squint mode. On this basis, the 3D imaging algorithm and processing flow of multi-azimuth-angle multi-baseline spaceborne SAR are presented. Finally, the effectivenesses of the squint 3D imaging method and 3D point clouds fusion method are verified by point targets simulation experiment with 45° azimuth angle and helicopter simulation experiments with 45° and –45° azimuth angles, respectively.