This landmark monograph presents the most recent mathematical developments in the analysis of
ionospheric distortions of SAR images and offers innovative new strategies for their
mitigation. As a prerequisite to addressing these topics the book also discusses the radar
ambiguity theory as it applies to synthetic aperture imaging and the propagation of radio waves
through the ionospheric plasma including the anisotropic and turbulent cases. In addition it
covers a host of related subjects such as the mathematical modeling of extended radar targets
(as opposed to point-wise targets) and the scattering of radio waves off those targets as well
as the theoretical analysis of the start-stop approximation which is used routinely in SAR
signal processing but often without proper justification.The mathematics in this volume is
clean and rigorous - no assumptions are hidden or ambiguously stated. The resulting work is
truly interdisciplinary providing both a comprehensive and thorough exposition of the field
as well as an accurate account of a range of relevant physical processes and phenomena. The
book is intended for applied mathematicians interested in the area of radar imaging or more
generally remote sensing as well as physicists and electrical electronic engineers who
develop operate spaceborne SAR sensors and perform the data processing. The methods in the book
are also useful for researchers and practitioners working on other types of imaging. Moreover
the book is accessible to graduate students in applied mathematics physics engineering and
related disciplines. Praise for Transionospheric Synthetic Aperture Imaging: I perceive that
this text will mark a turning point in the field of synthetic aperture radar research and
practice. I believe this text will instigate a new era of more rigorous image formation
relieving the research development and practitioner communities of inconsistent physical
assumptions and numerical approaches. - Richard Albanese Senior Scientist Albanese Defense
and Energy Development LLC
