L-band repeat-pass DEM-generation with DLR´s experimental SAR (E-SAR)

Author

Ulbricht, A. ; Reigber, A.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Radio Frequency Technol., German Aerosp. Center, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany

Volume

4

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

2164

Abstract

The first results of the generation of a L-band-DEM resulting from E-SAR repeat-pass interferometric SAR-data are presented. The modifications that are required to adapt the conventional phase-to-height conversion algorithms to the L-band repeat-pass case are described. The different height of the scattering phase center in L-band are compared with a single-pass X-band DEM by calculating a difference DEM. The results are discussed with the focus on using the L-band for a foliage penetrating radar

Keywords

geodesy; geophysical techniques; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; topography (Earth); DEM-generation; DLR; E-SAR; InSAR; L-band; SAR; UHF; digital elevation model; foliage penetrating; geophysical measurement technique; interferometric SAR; land surface topography; phase-to-height conversion algorithm; radar remote sensing; repeat-pass; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; Biomass; Digital elevation models; Forestry; Ground penetrating radar; L-band; Radar scattering; Radio frequency; Radio interferometry; Testing; Vegetation mapping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International

Conference_Location

Hamburg

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5207-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1999.775064

Filename

775064