A low-cost polarimetric response tool using spreadsheets

Author

Fiset, Robert ; Farhat, Mo

Author_Institution

Canadian Space Agency, Saint-Hubert, Que., Canada

Volume

4

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

1625

Abstract

This paper describes a spreadsheet based low-cost tool for displaying polarimetric response graphs. It describes the actual implementation in detail and shows examples of the polarimetric signatures of various types of terrain that have been computed using the tool. These signatures are interpreted in relation to the geophysical characteristics of the ground features they represent. The tool can be found on the Canadian Space Agency website at www.space.gc.ca/csa_sectors/earth_environment/radarsat2/

Keywords

geophysical techniques; geophysics computing; oceanographic techniques; radar cross-sections; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; spreadsheet programs; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; Canadian Space Agency; SAR; backscatter; geophysical measurement technique; ground features; land surface; low cost; ocean; polarimetric response graph; polarimetric signatures; polarization; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; radar return; radar scattering; sea surface; software tool; spreadsheet; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; Computer languages; Costs; Data mining; Earth; Electromagnetic wave polarization; Geophysics computing; Image generation; Image processing; Licenses; Remote sensing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7031-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2001.977014

Filename

977014