Polarimetric analysis of SAR-interferograms in L- and P-band

Author

Ulbricht, A. ; Papathanassiou, K.P. ; Cloude, S.R.

Author_Institution

Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany

Volume

3

fYear

1998

fDate

6-10 Jul 1998

Firstpage

1647

Abstract

The authors consider how polarimetric investigation of interferometric SAR data can be used for the qualitative interpretation of interferograms. The polarimetric analysis of scattering matrix data enables the extraction of the relevant scattering mechanisms and the determination of scattering processes. An entropy-α-decomposition of full-polarimetric interferometric L- and P-band airborne SAR data has been performed, and the polarimetric properties are discussed, with respect to the interferometric behaviour

Keywords

S-matrix theory; airborne radar; backscatter; geophysical techniques; radar cross-sections; radar polarimetry; radar theory; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; InSAR; L-band; P-band; S-matrix; SAR interferometry; SAR-interferogram; UHF; VHF; airborne SAR; entropy-α-decomposition; geophysical measurement technique; interferometric SAR; land surface; polarimetric analysis; qualitative interpretation; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; scattering matrix; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; Data mining; Electromagnetic scattering; Entropy; Frequency; L-band; Matrix decomposition; Radar scattering; Surface waves; Testing; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4403-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1998.691667

Filename

691667