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Synthetic aperture radars (SARs) encounter the azimuth cutoff problem when observing sea waves. Consequently, SARs can only capture the waves with wavelengths larger than the cutoff wavelength and lose the information of waves with smaller wavelengths. To increase the accuracy of SAR wave observations, this paper investigates an azimuth cutoff compensation method based on the simulated multiview SAR wave synchronization data obtained by the collaborative observation via networked satellites. Based on the simulated data and the equivalent multiview measured data from Sentinel-1 virtual networking, the method is verified and the cutoff wavelengths decrease by 16.40% and 14.00%. The biases of the inversion significant wave height with true values decrease by 0.04m and 0.14m, and the biases of the mean wave period decrease by 0.17s and 0.22 s, respectively. These results demonstrate the effectiveness of the azimuth cutoff compensation method. Based on the azimuth cutoff compensation method, the multisatellite SAR networking mode for wave observations are discussed. The highest compensation effect is obtained when the combination of azimuth angle is (95°, 115°, 135°), the orbital intersection angle is (50°, 50°), and three or four satellites are used. The study of the multisatellite networking mode in this paper can provide valuable references for the compensation of azimuth cutoff and the observation of waves by a multisatellite network.
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The authors acknowledge the support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61931025), and the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2017YFC 1405600).
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Wan, Y., Cui, K., Qu, R. et al. Wave Azimuth Cutoff Compensation Method and the Multisatellite Networking Mode of SAR. J. Ocean Univ. China 22, 683–696 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11802-023-5340-z
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