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In this paper, considering the phase preservation demand for interferometric SAR (InSAR) processing, the complete processing chain for DBF-TOPS SAR\/InSAR in elevation is proposed with a wide beam angle and channels\u2019 amplitude and phase errors. Firstly, we analyze the airborne motion compensation method along the line-of-sight direction for TOPS SAR with squint angle. Furthermore, for the large-range beam angle of DBF, the sub-swaths division process is presented for the range-dependent radar look angle, and the sub-swaths division criterion is also given in the analytic expression. Then, the relative amplitude and phase errors\u2019 estimation and compensation method between channels is provided in the range frequency domain based on the pivoting filter with coherence weighting, which is convenient for DBF processing and SNR improvement. Finally, the DEMs are generated under different conditions to compare the phase preservation performance. The effectiveness of the proposed processing chain is verified with both simulated data and airborne real DBF-TOPS SAR\/InSAR data.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14184542","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,13]],"date-time":"2022-09-13T04:05:41Z","timestamp":1663041941000},"page":"4542","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Airborne Elevation DBF-TOPS SAR\/InSAR Method Based on LOS Motion Compensation and Channel Error Equalization"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Zhiyong","family":"Suo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"National Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian University, Xi\u2019an 710071, China"}]},{"given":"Jingjing","family":"Ti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian University, Xi\u2019an 710071, China"}]},{"given":"Hongli","family":"Xiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian University, Xi\u2019an 710071, China"},{"name":"Sichuan Aerospace Electronic Equipment Research Institute, Chengdu 610100, China"}]},{"given":"Leru","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian University, Xi\u2019an 710071, China"}]},{"given":"Chao","family":"Xing","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian University, Xi\u2019an 710071, China"}]},{"given":"Tingting","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian University, Xi\u2019an 710071, China"},{"name":"Sichuan Aerospace Electronic Equipment Research Institute, Chengdu 610100, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"122","article-title":"Wide swath SAR","volume":"139","author":"Currie","year":"1992","journal-title":"IEEE Proc. 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