Radar imaging of an aircraft using a partially coherent signal

The process of the radar imaging (in the range-transverse range coordinates ) of an aircraft by the method of the inverse aperture synthesis is studied for real flight trajectories. The effect of the associated phase fluctuati ons on the radar image is demonstrated. An analytical expression for resolu tion is derived. Two techniques for estimating the resolution are considere d with the help of computer modeling. Potentialities for minimizing distort ions in the radar images are established.