Computationally efficient resampling of nonuniform oversampled SAR data

A computationally efficient technique is developed to resample SAR data oversampled in the slow-time domain for a platform accelerating along the track. The algorithm segments the data between uniformly spaced points on the synthetic aperture, then performs a weighted average on the demodulated SAR data in each segment to adjust the effective sample position on the aperture. The weighting is derived using a first-order Taylor series approximation and used parameters from the velocity and acceleration of the platform and the radar waveform.