Research Article

A Novel 3D Imaging Method for Airborne Downward-Looking Sparse Array SAR Based on Special Squint Model

Table 1

Parameters used for simulation.

ParameterValue

Carrier frequency37.5 GHz
Pulse bandwidth 300 MHz
Pulse repetition frequency1024 Hz
Chirp duration 1.0 s
Radar height500 m
Radar velocity50 m/s
Number of transmitting antenna elements4
Number of receiving antenna elements32
Azimuth beam width 0.57°
Cross track beam width12°