The application discloses a
simulation method for imaging sea surface in a
region of interest of variable-beam SAR, and belongs to the technical field of
radar signal simulation processing. In order to solve the problem of improving the fidelity of
echo signal simulation, the application comprises the following steps: constructing a sea surface movement model of a
coastal zone; constructing a Kirchhoff
mirror reflection model; constructing a Bragg
resonance scattering model; performing echo simulation and simulation of the sea surface of the variable-beam SAR, including updating the space-varying scattering grid by using the sea surface movement model of the
coastal zone and updating the instantaneous sea surface movement state, calculating the backscattering intensity of each scattering
facet in the
time domain by using the Kirchhoff
mirror reflection model and the Bragg
resonance scattering model, then calculating the space-varying
azimuth two-way pattern at each distance unit of the scattering
facet at the same
azimuth position, weighting the echo of each scattering
facet, and then traversing the non-uniform sampling time to obtain an echo matrix of the variable-beam high-resolution wide-width SAR. The application can significantly improve the fidelity of
echo signal simulation.