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Analysis Technique for Moving Targets on Single-Channel Airborne FMCW-SAR Image

항공기 기반 단일채널 FMCW-SAR 영상 내 이동물체 분석기법

  • Hwang, Ji-hwan (School of Earth and Environmental Science, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Duk-jin (School of Earth and Environmental Science, Seoul National University)
  • 황지환 (서울대학교 지구환경과학부) ;
  • 김덕진 (서울대학교 지구환경과학부)
  • Received : 2017.09.22
  • Accepted : 2018.07.03
  • Published : 2018.07.31
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Abstract

An analysis technique for detecting moving targets on a single-channel airborne frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) technology and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image is presented. To analyze the relative velocities of moving targets, an FMCW-based signal model for stationary and moving targets was studied, and a SAR ambiguity function considering its signal model was simulated. The relative velocities of the moving targets on a reconstructed SAR image can be estimated by peak searching of the SAR ambiguity function, and the stationary and moving targets are easily distinguished when there is a large variation of the relative velocity. Analysis results of the moving targets on a reconstructed FMCW-SAR image, using practical airborne data and a SAR ambiguity process, are compared with the in situ testing in the study area.

본 논문에서는 항공기 기반 단일채널 FMCW-SAR(frequency modulated continuous wave - synthetic aperture radar) 복원영상 내 이동물체 분석을 위해 합성개구레이다의 모호성 함수(SAR ambiguity function)를 이용한 상대속도 분석기법에 대해 설명한다. 안테나와 이동물체 간의 상대속도 변화를 분석하기 위해서 FMCW 신호모델 기반 정지 이동물체 간 신호변환특성을 분석하고, 이동물체의 변환특성을 고려한 모호성 함수를 모의실험하였다. 복원영상 내 이동물체의 상대속도 변화는 도식화된 모호성 함수의 최고점으로부터 추정될 수 있으며, 상대속도의 변화가 클수록 정지 이동물체 구분이 가능하게 된다. 이를 실제 항공기 기반 관측 자료로부터 복원된 FMCW-SAR 영상에 적용하여 모호성 함수를 이용한 이동물체 식별과 상대속도 분석결과를 관측지역 내 실험조건과 비교분석하였다.

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