Title :
Simulation study on shallow sea topography imaging by Along-Track Interferometric SAR
Author :
Yu, Xiangzhen ; Chong, Jinsong ; Hong, Wen ; Zhu, Minhui
Author_Institution :
Nat. Key Lab. of Microwave Imaging Technol., Beijing, China
Abstract :
A numerical simulation model of shallow sea topography imaging by Along-Track Interferometric SAR (ATI-SAR) is introduced according to its imaging mechanism. This simulation model is used to study the influence of radar parameters (frequency, incidence angle, baseline length and polarization) on one dimensional sand wave imaging by ATI-SAR. The simulation results indicate that high frequency, VV polarization, an incidence angle of 50° and long baseline length may be favorable to shallow sea topography imaging by ATI-SAR when the imaging time lag between two antennas is shorter than the de-correlation time of the sea.
Keywords :
bathymetry; numerical analysis; oceanographic techniques; radar imaging; radar interferometry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; 1D sand wave imaging; ATI-SAR imaging mechanism; VV polarization; along track interferometric SAR; numerical simulation model; radar baseline length; radar frequency; radar incidence angle; radar parameter effects; radar polarization; shallow sea topography imaging simulation; Imaging; Numerical models; Radar imaging; Sea surface; Surface topography; Along-track interferometric SAR (ATI-SAR); radar parameters; shallow sea topography;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1003-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049536
