Single-baseline polarimetric SAR interferometry

Author

Papathanassiou, Konstantinos P. ; Cloude, Shane R.

Author_Institution

German Aerosp. Center, Wessling, Germany

Volume

39

Issue

11

fYear

2001

fDate

11/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2352

Lastpage

2363

Abstract

Examines the application of single-baseline polarimetric SAR interferometry to the remote sensing and measurement of structure over forested terrain. For this, a polarimetric coherent scattering model for vegetation cover suitable for the estimation of forest parameters from interferometric observables is introduced, discussed and validated. Based on this model, an inversion algorithm which allows the estimation of forest parameters such as tree height, average extinction, and underlying topography from single-baseline fully polarimetric interferometric data is addressed. The performance of the inversion algorithm is demonstrated using fully polarimetric single baseline experimental data acquired by DLR´s E-SAR system at L-band

Keywords

radar polarimetry; radiowave interferometry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation mapping; DLR E-SAR system; German Aerospace Center; Germany; L-band; Oberpfaffenhofen; average extinction; forest parameter estimation; forest parameter inversion; forested terrain; interferometric observables; inversion algorithm; polarimetric coherent scattering model; polarimetric single baseline experimental data; radar polarimetry; remote sensing; single-baseline polarimetric SAR interferometry; synthetic aperture radar; tree height; underlying topography; vegetation cover; Interferometry; Parameter estimation; Phase estimation; Polarization; Radar polarimetry; Radar scattering; Scattering parameters; Spaceborne radar; Surfaces; Vegetation mapping;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/36.964971

Filename

964971