Synthetic aperture radar simulation

A method, comprising:

• receiving, for a target area having a topology, target topology information;
• receiving, for a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) platform, first flight path information for a first pass of the platform that scans the target area;
• based on the target topology information and the first flight path information, simulating at least one slant range distortion effect on a first SAR image of the target area;
• receiving, for the SAR platform, second flight path information for a second pass of the platform that scans the target area;
• based on the target topology information and the second flight path information, simulating at least one slant range distortion effect on a second SAR image of the target area;
• and,
• based on the simulation of the at least one slant range distortion effect on the first SAR image of the target area and the simulation of the at least one slant range distortion effect on the second SAR image of the target area, analyzing at least one of the first SAR image and the second SAR image.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon for simulating slant range distortion effects on synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images that, when executed by a computer, at least instruct the computer to:

• receive, for a target area having a topology, target topology information;
• receive, for a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) platform, first flight path information for a first pass of the platform that scans the target area;
• based on the target topology information and the first flight path information, simulate at least one slant range distortion effect on a first SAR image of the target area;
• receive, for the SAR platform, second flight path information for a second pass of the platform that scans the target area;
• based on the target topology information and the second flight path information, simulate at least one slant range distortion effect on a second SAR image of the target area;
• and,
• based on the simulation of the at least one slant range distortion effect on the first SAR image of the target area and the simulation of the at least one slant range distortion effect on the second SAR image of the target area, analyze at least one of the first SAR image and the second SAR image.