Title :
ALOS-PALSAR Quad. Pol. images and their applications
Author :
Yamaguchi, Yoshio ; Boerner, Wolfgang M. ; Yang, Jian ; Sato, Ryoichi ; Yamada, Hiroyoshi
Author_Institution :
Niigata Univ., Niigata, Japan
Abstract :
The four-component scattering power decomposition is applied to ALOS-PALSAR Quad. Pol. Data sets. PALSAR is Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar onboard ALOS (Advanced Land Observing Satellite) launched by JAXA, Japan, in 2006. It has acquired more than 10000 fully polarimetric scenes although the polarimetric mode is experimental one. This paper presents some of scenes in Sichuan earthquake area to see how polarimetric data works and to show the effectiveness and usefulness of fully polarimetric data.
Keywords :
phased array radar; radar imaging; radar polarimetry; synthetic aperture radar; ALOS-PALSAR Quad. Pol. images; JAXA; Japan; Sichuan earthquake area; advanced land observing satellite; four-component scattering power decomposition; phased array type L-band synthetic aperture radar; polarimetric data; Earthquakes; L-band; Layout; Matrix decomposition; Optical imaging; Optical scattering; Phased arrays; Radar scattering; Satellites; Synthetic aperture radar; ALOS-PALSAR; polarimetry; scattering power decomposition;
Conference_Titel :
Synthetic Aperture Radar, 2009. APSAR 2009. 2nd Asian-Pacific Conference on
Conference_Location :
Xian, Shanxi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2731-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2732-1
DOI :
10.1109/APSAR.2009.5374213
