A new method for the compensation of the SAR range cell migration based on the chirp z-transform

Precision synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data processing requires the compensation of the range-dependent range cell migration (RDRCM) phenomenon. This paper describes a new method that permits the compensation of the RDRCM effect using a nonstandard Fourier transform (FT). This operation is applied, in the two-dimensional Fourier domain, to the range signal spectrum and allows the compensation of the azimuth frequency-dependent scaling factor due to the RDRCM. The nonstandard FT is performed via a chirp z-transform that is carried out with one convolution operation and two phase multiplications.<
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