Image simulation of high resolution radar for polarimetric scattering from heterogeneous canopy surface

Author

Jin, Ya-Qiu ; Zhang, Wei

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Fudan Univ., Shanghai, China

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

903

Abstract

Polarimetric imaging of high resolution SAR is one of most important advances in microwave remote sensing. This paper, using fully polarimetric Mueller matrix solution and ray tracing method. Simulates radar images for fully polarimetric scattering from heterogeneous canopy surface. Non-uniform 3D structures and non-uniform distribution of multi-components of surface canopy are taken into account. Simulated image texture demonstrates spatial variation of radar echoes due to canopy 3D-heterogeneity, and is also compared with an AirSAR image at P,L,C bands

Keywords

S-matrix theory; backscatter; geophysical techniques; radar cross-sections; radar imaging; radar polarimetry; radar theory; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation mapping; 3D structure; SAR; canopy structure; geophysical measurement technique; heterogeneous canopy surface; high resolution radar; image simulation; microwave remote sensing; polarimetric Mueller matrix solution; polarimetric scattering; radar imaging; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; ray tracing; synthetic aperture radar; three dimensional structure; vegetation mapping; High-resolution imaging; Image resolution; Image texture; Microwave imaging; Radar imaging; Radar polarimetry; Radar remote sensing; Radar scattering; Ray tracing; Remote sensing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6359-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2000.861739

Filename

861739