SAR Image Simulations of Ocean Scenes Based on the Improved Facet TSM

Abstract

The facet-based two scale model (FTSM) is widely applied in SAR image simulations of the anisotropic ocean surface. However, this model is sensitive to the cutoff parameter and facet size, and the choice of these two parameters is arbitrary. We propose to make an approximation of the cutoff invariant two scale model (CITSM) to improve the simulation efficiency while remaining the robustness to cutoff wavenumbers. Meanwhile, the robustness to facet sizes is obtained by correcting the geometrical optics (GO) solution, taking into account the slope probability density function (PDF) correction induced by the spectrum within an individual facet. The new FTSM, with less dependence on cutoff parameters and facet sizes, is proved to be reasonable in the comparisons with advanced analytical models and experimental data. Finally, SAR images of the ocean surface and ship wakes with various facet sizes are provided to prove the operability and applicability of our model.

Keywords

• facet-based two scale model (FTSM)
• facet size
• cutoff parameter
• synthetic aperture radar (SAR)