The invention discloses a self-adaptive
phase gradient self-focusing imaging method suitable for a strip SAR (
Synthetic Aperture Radar), and belongs to the technical field of
synthetic aperture radar signal processing. In order to solve the problems that a traditional
phase gradient self-focusing PGA
algorithm is difficult to be directly applied to a strip SAR due to multi-point interference and
phase error space-variant characteristics, and the
processing flow of the traditional
phase gradient self-focusing PGA
algorithm is not matched with that of a conventional RD
imaging algorithm and the like, the invention provides a novel imaging compensation method. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, sequentially carrying out range-direction and
azimuth-direction dechirp
processing on SAR echo data, and carrying out
Fourier transform to obtain a preliminary complex image, thereby fundamentally solving the application premise problem of a PGA
algorithm; then, detecting and positioning strong scattering points in the complex image, and carrying out self-adaptive partitioning on the image according to the
spatial distribution characteristics of the strong scattering points so as to effectively isolate mutual interference among different targets; then, independently applying a PGA algorithm to each sub-block, and accurately estimating and compensating a
phase error introduced by non-ideal motion of the platform through an iteration mode; and finally, synthesizing the compensated sub-blocks into an SAR image which is clearly focused. According to the method, the
estimation precision of the
phase error is remarkably improved, and high-quality self-focusing imaging of the strip SAR data can be realized.