Title :
Polarimetric calibration of Pi-SAR2
Author :
Satake, Makoto ; Kobayashi, Takehiko ; Uemoto, Jyunpei ; Umehara, Toshihiko ; Kojima, S. ; Matsuoka, T. ; Nadai, Akitsugu ; Uratsuka, Seiho
Author_Institution :
Appl. Electromagn. Res. Inst., Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol. (NICT), Koganei, Japan
Abstract :
In the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), we have developed an Xband airborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR), Pi-SAR2. It can produce polarimetric SAR data with 0.3 meter spatial-resolution. The data will be useful to estimate damage, when natural disasters such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur, and to mitigate it. It needs polarimetirc calibration to fully utilize the data.
Keywords :
calibration; geophysical techniques; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; NICT; National Institute of Information and Communications Technology; Pi-SAR2 polarimetric calibration; X-band airborne SAR; natural disasters; polarimetirc calibration; polarimetric SAR data; spatial-resolution; synthetic aperture radar; Antennas; Azimuth; Calibration; Communications technology; Earthquakes; Spatial resolution; Synthetic aperture radar;
Conference_Titel :
Synthetic Aperture Radar (APSAR), 2013 Asia-Pacific Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tsukuba
