Title :
The effect of ScanSAR parameters on interferogram quality
Author :
Cumming, I. ; Wong, Frank
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., British Columbia Univ., Vancouver, BC, Canada
Abstract :
When burst-mode data is used for interferometry, the burst cycles must be well-aligned, as well as the normal condition of having the Doppler centroids well-aligned. The authors show the phase error effects of different burst lengths, various burst misalignments, and of receiver noise
Keywords :
geophysical techniques; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; Doppler centroid; InSAR; SAR; ScanSAR; ScanSAR parameters; aligned burst cycle; burst length; burst misalignment; burst-mode data; geophysical measurement technique; interferogram quality; interferometric SAR; land surface; phase error effect; radar imaging; radar interferometry; radar remote sensing; receiver noise; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; Azimuth; Data engineering; Frequency; Master-slave; Phase noise; Phase shifting interferometry; Radar remote sensing; Satellite antennas; Surfaces;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4403-0
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1998.702316
