Improved Compact Polarimetric SAR Quad-Pol Reconstruction Algorithm for Oil Spill Detection

Author

Yu Li ; Yuanzhi Zhang ; Jie Chen ; Hongsheng Zhang

Author_Institution

Inst. of Space & Earth Inf. Sci. & Shenzhen Res. Inst., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Volume

11

Issue

6

fYear

2014

fDate

Jun-14

Firstpage

1139

Lastpage

1142

Abstract

An improved reconstruction algorithm is proposed for compact polarimetric (CP) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) on oil spill detection. Based on the differences in statistical behavior between open and oil-covered sea surfaces, the proposed algorithm can iteratively reconstruct quad-pol SAR images from CP SAR data. During the experiment, it outperformed two existing compact SAR reconstruction algorithms in terms of both statistical and information theoretical analysis.

Keywords

marine pollution; oceanographic techniques; oil pollution; radar imaging; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; statistical analysis; synthetic aperture radar; CP SAR data; improved compact polarimetric synthetic aperture radar Quad-pol reconstruction algorithm; information theoretical analysis; oil spill detection; oil-covered sea surfaces; open sea surfaces; quad-pol SAR images; statistical analysis; Accuracy; Image reconstruction; Reconstruction algorithms; Remote sensing; Scattering; Sea surface; Synthetic aperture radar; Compact polarimetry; image reconstruction; oil spill; synthetic aperture radar (SAR);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1545-598X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LGRS.2013.2288336

Filename

6677530