Studies of multibaseline spaceborne interferometric synthetic aperture radars

Author

Li, Fuk K. ; Goldstein, R.M.

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

28

Issue

1

fYear

1990

fDate

1/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

88

Lastpage

97

Abstract

The authors have utilized a set of Seasat synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data that were obtained in nearly repeat ground-track orbits to demonstrate the performance of spaceborne interferometric SAR (INSAR) systems. An assessment of the topography measurement capability is presented. A phase measurement error model is described and compared with the data obtained at various baseline separations and signal-to-noise ratios. Finally, the implications of these results on future spaceborne INSAR design are discussed

Keywords

geophysical techniques; radar applications; radar measurement; radiowave interferometry; remote sensing; topography (Earth); INSAR design; Seasat; baseline separations; geophysical technique; multibaseline spaceborne interferometric synthetic aperture radars; performance; phase measurement error model; remote sensing; signal-to-noise ratios; topography measurement capability; Antenna measurements; Extraterrestrial measurements; Geophysical measurements; Phase measurement; Pixel; Radar antennas; Spaceborne radar; Surfaces; Synthetic aperture radar; Synthetic aperture radar interferometry;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/36.45749

Filename

45749