Research Article

A Wide-Beam Scanning Mode for Near-Space Passive SARs

Table 2

Ratio of azimuth scene extension and footprint overlapping time in wide-beam scanning mode to wide-beam mode.

Ratio X-bandsimulation C-bandsimulation L-bandsimulation

Azimuth scene extension5.2–103.5–8.31.2–2.9
footprint overlapping time3.1–5.52.3–4.61.1–1.9