Ship kinematics estimation based on Doppler centroid deviation in synthetic aperture radar images: a validation case

This technical report describes a method, and the related software, to estimate the kinematics of a navigating vessel by processing Synthetic Aperture Radar data. This document represents the final outcome of the research activity concerning the ship kinematics estimation in OSIRIS-FO (Optical/SAR data and System Integration for Rush Identification of Ship Models - Follow On).The specific objective of the presented procedure is to estimate the along-range component of the velocity of a target, through the quantification of the deviations in the azimuth signal spectrum induced by the target motion. The report includes a brief recap about the theoretical aspects of the method and a section devoted to the description of a use case that provided the validation framework for the procedure. The software attached to the present document is the refined version of the one previously released in the technical report "Ship Kinematics Estimation based on Doppler centroid deviation in Synthetic Aperture Radar images".