Introduction to Synthetic Aperture Radar Using Python and MATLAB

This book provides an introduction and practical guide to the simulation, analysis and design of SAR systems, a video eBook that covers SAR concepts with an associated toolset provided in both Python and MATLAB. It has a text and associated software that aids technical professionals in determining practical performance limits for a given synthetic aperture radar system. The text covers how parameters such as operating frequency, pulse repetition frequency, transmitting and receiving antennas, polarization, system noises and losses each affect the performance for synthetic aperture radar systems. This supplies you with valuable insight and better understanding of system performance units. The text and software help you in the selection of imaging mode, reconstruction algorithms, and focusing algorithms for their synthetic aperture radar system imaging needs. The software also gives you a mechanism for testing the various imaging modes and algorithms to help determine the one that will best suit your needs. Both help technical professionals determine on-board computing requirements as well as overall system requirements for synthetic aperture radar systems. You will cover the computational complexity of each imaging, focusing, and data processing algorithms which will then flow down to on-board computing requirements. This book is an excellent resource for engineering professionals working in areas of radar and terminal-phase navigation for weapons systems as well as students who are interested or studying synthetic aperture radar.