Analysis of artificial corner reflector´s radar cross section in SAR images and its application in deformation monitoring

Author

Guifang Zhang ; Xinjian Shan

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Earthquake Dynamics, China Earthquake Adm., Beijing, China

fYear

2013

fDate

21-26 July 2013

Firstpage

1360

Lastpage

1363

Abstract

The differential InSAR techquque with corner reflectors(CR-InSAR) may be more effective than the conventional D-InSAR. 18 artificial trihedral triangle corner reflectors are set up in the Yanhui basin and its edge area to study the small crustal deformation there. The CRs are bright color targets in SAR intensity image and their Radar Cross Section (RCS) was be calculated. On this basis, this thesis obtained the subtle deformation in the testing area by using CRInSAR. The deformation at CR points is dominated by LOS (line of sight) decline at -2.0mm/yr~0.0mm/yr during 2004~2008.

Keywords

Earth crust; deformation; geophysical techniques; radar imaging; radar interferometry; synthetic aperture radar; AD 2004 to 2008; CR points; LOS decline; SAR intensity image; Yanhui basin; artificial corner reflector radar cross section; artificial trihedral triangle corner reflectors; bright color targets; conventional D-InSAR; crustal deformation; deformation monitoring; differential InSAR techquque; radar cross section; subtle deformation; Atmospheric modeling; Estimation; Extraterrestrial measurements; Global Positioning System; Monitoring; Radar cross-sections; Synthetic aperture radar; CRInSAR; InSAR; Radar Cross Section; Yanhuai basin; corner reflector; surface deformation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2013 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Melbourne, VIC

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1114-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2013.6723035

Filename

6723035