Polarimetric and interferometric characterization of coherent scatterers in urban areas

Author

Schneider, Rafael Zandoná ; Papathanassiou, Konstantinos P. ; Hajnsek, Irena ; Moreira, Alberto

Author_Institution

Microwaves & Radar Inst., German Aerosp. Center, Wessling, Germany

Volume

44

Issue

4

fYear

2006

fDate

4/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

971

Lastpage

984

Abstract

In this paper the concept of point-like coherent scatterers (CSs) in urban areas is introduced. The detection of CSs in single and quad-polarized images is addressed and applied on polarimetric and interferometric high-resolution airborne SAR data at L-band. For the detection of CSs two different approaches are proposed and their individual performance is analyzed. The properties of the detected CSs and their polarimetric and interferometric characteristics are assessed. The role of polarimetry on the detection of the CSs is evaluated and the potential of extracting the orientation and dielectric properties of individual CSs is finally addressed.

Keywords

airborne radar; backscatter; radar imaging; radar polarimetry; radiowave interferometry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; L-band radar; SAR interferometry; SAR polarimetry; airborne SAR data; orientation angle; point-like coherent scatterers; quadpolarized images; synthetic aperture radar; urban areas; Azimuth; Cascading style sheets; Data mining; Interferometry; Object detection; Polarimetry; Radar detection; Radar scattering; Synthetic aperture radar; Urban areas; Coherent scatterers; SAR interferometry; SAR polarimetry; orientation angle; polarimetric SAR interferometry; synthetic aperture radar (SAR); urban areas;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TGRS.2005.860950

Filename

1610832