Title :
Demonstration and analysis of the applications of S-band SAR
Author :
Natale, Antonio ; Bird, Rachel ; Whittaker, Philip ; Guida, Raffaella ; Cohen, Martin ; Hall, David
Author_Institution :
DIBET, Univ. Federico II di Napoli, Naples, Italy
Abstract :
The use of some working frequencies is still novel in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) especially when associated to a full exploitation of polarimetric channels. In this paper the potential value of a spaceborne multi-pol SAR system in S-band (3.2 GHz) is presented following the first acquisitions of the Astrium UK airborne SAR demonstrator and relevant analysis based on Pauli and eigenvalue-eigenvector decompositions. Most interesting results are presented and discussed.
Keywords :
eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; radar polarimetry; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; Astrium UK airborne SAR; S-band SAR; eigenvalue-eigenvector decompositions; frequency 3.2 GHz; polarimetric channels; spaceborne multi-pol SAR system; synthetic aperture radar; Calibration; Entropy; Image resolution; Land surface; Satellites; Scattering; Spaceborne radar; S-band; SAR; multi-pol SAR;
Conference_Titel :
Synthetic Aperture Radar (APSAR), 2011 3rd International Asia-Pacific Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1351-4
