Interferometric SAR polarimetry using a passive polarimetric microsatellite concept

Author

Papathanassiou, K.P. ; Hajnsek, I. ; Moreira, A. ; Cloude, S.R.

Author_Institution

DLR Inst. for Radio Frequency Technol. & Radar Syst., Wessling, Germany

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

24-28 June 2002

Firstpage

826

Abstract

Recently, several passive interferometric configurations consisting of two or more receiving only micro-satellites operating in a fully polarimetric mode positioned ahead or behind a master satellite have been proposed as a cost efficient option for future single-pass interferometric spaceborne SAR systems. In this paper the potential performance of such a passive polarimetric and interferometric micro-satellite concept for the estimation of forest structure parameters in terms of polarimetric interferometry is investigated.

Keywords

geophysical techniques; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; InSAR; SAR polarimetry; geophysical measurement technique; interferometric SAR polarimetry; land surface; master satellite; micro-satellites; passive polarimetric microsatellite; radar remote sensing; satellite method; spaceborne SAR; spaceborne radar; terrain mapping; Costs; Decorrelation; Extinction coefficients; Interferometry; L-band; Parameter estimation; Radar remote sensing; Radar scattering; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7536-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1025698

Filename

1025698