Multiband Microwave Imaging Analysis of Ionosphere and Troposphere Refraction for Spaceborne SAR

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Indicators</td><td align="center"><span style="width: 9.8249998px;"><svg height="11.175" id="M94" style="vertical-align:-0.0pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 9.8249998 11.175" width="9.8249998" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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</svg></span></td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Resolution (m)</td><td align="center">1.9672</td><td align="center">0.0479</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Expansion ratio (dB)</td><td align="center">0.4837</td><td align="center">0.0118</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Peak sidelobe ratio (dB)</td><td align="center">−1.6258</td><td align="center">−0.8447</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Integral sidelobe ratio (dB)</td><td align="center">4.6385 </td><td align="center">−0.5886</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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</svg>-band compared to the theoretical indicators in azimuth section.

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Table 3: Multiband Microwave Imaging Analysis of Ionosphere and Troposphere Refraction for Spaceborne SAR 