The invention provides a GB-SAR
deformation monitoring method based on triple stepping. According to
radar system design, GB-SAR based on triple stepping is utilized for deformation measurement; for first stepping, stepped frequency
continuous wave (SFCW) signals are employed to synthesize large
signal bandwidth, isolation is improved through
transceiver antenna separation; for second stepping, a
radar device is mounted on a linear guide rail and does stepping motion in a stop-go-stop mode, orientation resolution is improved through relatively
large aperture synthesis, signals are emitted and received by the
radar device in stop periods, so a
phase error caused by
signal transceiving in motion periods is avoided; for third stepping, radar device antennas do stepping motion sequentially along the orientation, a relatively wide monitoring area is covered, and data at different antenna positions are spliced and are used for
imaging processing.
Imaging processing on acquired data is carried out based on
echo signal characteristics of the GB-SAR
system, compensation for an instantaneous
slant range difference between pulses is not necessary, computational complexity is relatively low, and timeliness requirement of the GB-SAR
system can be satisfied.