Title :
Approaches to estimating terrain height and baseline for interferometric SAR
Author :
Zhang, Xiao-Ling ; Huang, Shun-ji ; Wang, Jian-Guo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China
fDate :
12/10/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A method for estimating the terrain height of interferometric synthetic aperture radar InSAR is proposed. Errors in height estimation due to the curvature of the Earth´s surface are analysed and simulated. By using L-band SIR-C data for the `Three-Gorge´ area in China, the terrain height is obtained by employing the method. A method for estimating the parameters of the baseline is also presented. Simulations show that, under certain conditions, good results can be obtained
Keywords :
radiowave interferometry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; topography (Earth); China; Earth surface curvature; L-band SIR-C data; baseline estimation; height estimation errors; interferometric SAR; synthetic aperture radar; terrain height estimation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19981475
