Title :
Compact PolInSAR for vegetation characterisation
Author :
Angelliaume, Sébastien ; Dubois-Fernandez, Pascale ; Souyris, Jean-Claude
Author_Institution :
Office Nat. d´´Etude et de Recherches Aerospatiales, Salon Air
Abstract :
In this paper, we analyse the potential associated with a compact polarimetry (CP) P band spaceborne SAR system. Indeed, this architecture allows polarimetric acquisition without the usual reduction in swath. The CP data is shown to be almost equivalent to the full polarimetric data over extended targets, and the PolInSAR analysis can be performed without a significant loss of performance.
Keywords :
ionospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation mapping; RVoG model; compact PolInSAR; compact polarimetry P band spaceborne SAR; ionospheric effect; swath reduction; vegetation characterisation; Biomass; Electromagnetic measurements; Electromagnetic scattering; Electromagnetic wave polarization; Frequency; Instruments; Radar polarimetry; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar; Vegetation mapping; PolInSAR; RVoG model; compact polarimetry; ionospheric effect; vegetation characterisation;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1211-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1212-9
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423003
