DocumentCode
1147765
Title
Volume decorrelation resolution in polarimetric SAR interferometry
Author
Alberga, V. ; Chandra, M.
Author_Institution
Microwaves & Radar Inst., German Aerosp. Centre, Wessling, Germany
Volume
39
Issue
3
fYear
2003
fDate
2/6/2003 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
314
Lastpage
315
Abstract
Volume decorrelation is a phenomenon affecting the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) interferometric coherence images in the presence of forests or buildings. ´Resolving´ this effect could lead to an estimation of the height of the observed distributed scatterers. An empirical method is suggested to distinguish volume decorrelation due to random volumes (such as trees) and stationary distributed targets (such as man-made artifacts) when polarimetric SAR data are used.
Keywords
decorrelation; radar imaging; radar polarimetry; radiowave interferometry; synthetic aperture radar; target tracking; buildings; distributed scatterer height; forests; interferometric coherence images; man-made artifacts; polarimetric SAR data; polarimetric SAR interferometry; random volumes; stationary distributed targets; synthetic aperture radar; volume decorrelation resolution;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20030236
Filename
1179472
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