Using polarimetric SAR beta in morphological analyses. The island of Ischia (Southern Italy)

Author

Ferri, M. ; Castellano, L. ; Siciliano, A. ; Vigliotti, R. ; Murino, P.

Author_Institution

Fac. di Ingegneria, Naples Univ., Italy

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

8-12 Aug. 1994

Firstpage

701

Abstract

Presents the results of morphological and structural analyses of the island of Ischia (Southern Italy) using AIRSAR and ERS-1 SAR data. It is shown that a transformation based on Cloude´s target decomposition of covariance matrix improves the morphostructural interpretation of polarimetric SAR images. The fracture system, craters and the drainage pattern have been emphasized by applying this transformation. The results of the morphological analyses give further support to the caldera avalanche model.

Keywords

faulting; geology; geomorphology; geophysical signal processing; geophysical techniques; radar applications; radar imaging; radar polarimetry; radar signal processing; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; tectonics; volcanology; AIRSAR image processing; Cloude´s target decomposition; ERS-1; Ischia; Italy; Mediterranean; airborne polarimetric SAR; caldera avalanche model crater; covariance matrix; drainage pattern; fracture system tectonics faulting; geology; geomorphology; hydrology; island; land surface; measurement technique; morphological analyses; morphostructural interpretation; remote sensing; synthetic aperture radar; volcano; Azimuth; Covariance matrix; Data acquisition; Filters; Geology; Image analysis; Lighting; Morphology; Shape; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1497-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399232

Filename

399232