Polarimetric data analysis of a rainfall event observed by X-band airborne SAR

Author

Satake, Makoto ; Matsuoka, Takeshi ; Kobayashi, Tatsuharu ; Kojima, Shoichiro ; Uemoto, Jyunpei ; Umehara, Toshihiko ; Uratsuka, Seiho ; Yamaguchi, Yoshio

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol. (NICT), Koganei, Japan

fYear

2014

fDate

13-18 July 2014

Firstpage

4105

Lastpage

4106

Abstract

A heavy rainfall was observed by the NICT X-band airborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR), Pi-SAR2. In the Pi-SAR2 image there are features attributed to both backscattering from the rainfall and attenuation by the rainfall, as published for the TerraSAR-X (spaceborne X-band SAR) obaservation. Those features induced by the rainfall are evaluated with the Pi-SAR2 polarimetric image data. It is also taken into account how movement of the raindrops affects its SAR imagery.

Keywords

airborne radar; data analysis; radar polarimetry; rain; synthetic aperture radar; NICT X-band airborne synthetic aperture radar; Pi-SAR2 polarimetric image data; SAR imagery; TerraSAR-X observation; X-band airborne SAR; heavy rainfall; polarimetric data analysis; raindrop movement; rainfall attenuation; rainfall backscattering; rainfall event; spaceborne X-band SAR obaservation; Attenuation; Backscatter; Educational institutions; Lighting; Radar imaging; Rain; Synthetic aperture radar; SAR; polarimetric radar; rainfall;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2014 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Quebec City, QC

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6947389

Filename

6947389