Incorporation of polarimetric radar images into multisensor data sets

Author

Evans, Dianel ; Van Zyl, Jakob J. ; Burnette, Charles F.

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

28

Issue

5

fYear

1990

fDate

9/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

932

Lastpage

939

Abstract

A technique is presented for registering polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data to other aircraft and spaceborne data sets. Resampling is done on the full Stokes matrix, allowing full polarization synthesis on the coregistered data set. Analysis of data acquired over Pisgah Crater in the Mojave Desert, CA, as part of the Mojave Field Experiment shows that the resampling does not seriously affect the pedestal heights of polarization signatures or estimates of RMS heights for smooth to moderately rough surfaces

Keywords

geophysical techniques; polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; topography (Earth); volcanology; 240 mm; 56 mm; 670 mm; C-band radar images; L-band radar images; Mojave Desert; Mojave Field Experiment; Pisgah Crater; RMS heights; S California; SAR data registration; SHF; SW United States; Stokes matrix resampling; UHF; aircraft remote sensing data sets; cinder cone; coregistered data set; full Stokes matrix; full polarization synthesis; multisensor data sets; p-band radar images; pedestal heights; polarimetric radar images; polarization signatures; small-scale surface topography; smooth to moderately rough surfaces; spaceborne data sets; synthetic aperture radar images; volcanic crater; Aircraft; Data analysis; Polarimetric synthetic aperture radar; Polarization; Radar imaging; Radar polarimetry; Rough surfaces; Spaceborne radar; Surface roughness; Synthetic aperture radar;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/36.58982

Filename

58982