Effect of Look Angle on the Accuracy Performance of Fixed-Baseline Interferometric SAR

Author

Ka, Min-Ho ; Kononov, Anatoliy A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Korea Polytech. Univ., Siheung-City

Volume

4

Issue

1

fYear

2007

Firstpage

65

Lastpage

69

Abstract

The effect of look angle on the accuracy performance of fixed-baseline interferometric synthetic aperture radar is studied. It is shown that there exists an optimal look angle that minimizes the variance of the surface height estimate for a resolution cell, and it depends upon the system as well as surface parameters. Numerical analysis confirming the existence of the optimal look angle is presented

Keywords

backscatter; radar interferometry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; topography (Earth); accuracy performance; fixed-baseline interferometric SAR; interferometric synthetic aperture radar; look angle effect; resolution cell; surface parameters; Geometry; Phase estimation; Radar scattering; Receiving antennas; Sea surface; Signal resolution; Space vehicles; Synthetic aperture radar; Synthetic aperture radar interferometry; Transmitting antennas; Accuracy; fixed baseline; interferometric synthetic aperture radar; optimal look angle;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1545-598X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LGRS.2006.885858

Filename

4063299