Title :
Interferometric coherence of SAR signals backscattered by a building
Author :
Franceschetti, Giorgio ; Iodice, Antonio ; Riccio, Daniele ; Ruello, Giuseppe
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Ingegneria Elettronica e delle Telecomunicazioni, Univ. di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Abstract :
In this paper we analytically evaluate the correlation coefficient between the signals backscattered towards two spatially separated antennas by a building modelled as a parallelepiped over a possibly rough terrain. We consider both single and multiple scattering contributions.
Keywords :
antennas; building; correlation methods; radar cross-sections; radar signal processing; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; SAR signals backscattering; building; building model; interferometric coherence; parallelepiped; rough terrain; signal correlation coefficient; single/multiple scattering; spatially separated antenna; synthetic aperture radar; Antenna accessories; Antenna theory; Buildings; Directive antennas; Optical scattering; Radar scattering; Receiving antennas; Signal analysis; Solid modeling; Synthetic aperture radar;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8742-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1368579