Title :
Feasibility study on polarimetric use and calibration of ALOS/PALSAR
Author :
Kimura, Hiroshi ; Mizuno, Toshiyuki
Author_Institution :
Gifu Univ., Japan
Abstract :
Calibration and application of polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (SAR) onboard the Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) is discussed using airborne L-band SAR data. We find that even a simple calibration is useful for polarimetric classification, if the system has a small cross-talk and good channel valance.
Keywords :
calibration; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; ALOS/PALSAR; Advanced Land Observing Satellite; Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar; airborne L-band SAR data; channel valance; cross-talk; polarimetric classification; polarimetric synthetic aperture radar; Airports; Calibration; L-band; Phased arrays; Radar polarimetry; Radar scattering; Satellites; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar; Transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7536-X
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1025048
