Title :
Scene characterization using sub-aperture polarimetric interferometric SAR data
Author :
Ferro-Famil, L. ; Reigber, A. ; Pottier, E.
Author_Institution :
IETR Lab., Rennes Univ., France
Abstract :
In this paper, a fully polarimetric analysis method is introduced to decompose synthesized interferometric SAR images into sub-aperture data sets, which correspond to the scene responses under different azimuthal look-angles. A statistical analysis of polarimetric parameters permits to clearly discriminate media showing a nonstationary polarimetric behavior during the SAR integration. A method is proposed to observe the polarimetric interferometric properties of anisotropic targets.
Keywords :
geophysical signal processing; geophysical techniques; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; statistical analysis; synthetic aperture radar; SAR data; SAR integration; SAR polarimetric interferometry; SAR signal processing; anisotropic targets; azimuthal look-angles; interferometric data; nonstationary polarimetric behavior; polarimetric analysis method; polarimetric data; polarimetric interferometric properties; polarimetric parameters; scene characterization; scene responses; statistical analysis; subaperture data sets; subaperture decomposition; synthesized interferometric SAR images; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Azimuth; Electromagnetic scattering; Image resolution; Laboratories; Layout; Light scattering; Maximum likelihood detection; Radar scattering; Spatial resolution;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7929-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1293889
