Blind Azimuth Phase Elimination for TerraSAR-X ScanSAR interferometry

Author

Hu, Zhe ; Ge, Linlin ; Li, Xiaojing

Author_Institution

Geodesy & Earth Observing Syst. Group (GEOS), Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

fYear

2011

fDate

24-29 July 2011

Firstpage

3476

Lastpage

3479

Abstract

It is a huge challenge to utilise them for interferometry due to the impacts of non-linear azimuth phases and insufficient parameters, although the TerraSAR-X ScanSAR system is able to provide SLC data with both large coverage and high resolution. A Blind Estimation Method for Azimuth Phase Elimination (BEMAPE) is proposed here aiming to resolve these problems through eliminating the azimuth phases blindly. Testing of the method on a pair of TerraSAR-X ScanSAR SLC data has proven its quality and performance, finally making TerraSAR-X ScanSAR interferometry based on SLC data possible.

Keywords

estimation theory; image resolution; radar imaging; radar interferometry; remote sensing; synthetic aperture radar; BEMAPE; SLC data; TerraSAR-X ScanSAR interferometry; azimuth phase elimination; blind estimation method; nonlinear azimuth phases insufficient parameter; Azimuth; Correlation; Equations; Estimation; Imaging; Interferometry; Mathematical model; Azimuth Phase; Blind Elimination; ScanSAR Interferometry; TerraSAR-X;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1003-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049969

Filename

6049969