Dual-polarized COSMO SkyMed SAR data to observe metallic targets at sea

Author

Nunziata, F. ; Montuori, A. ; Migliaccio, M.

Author_Institution

Dipt. per le Tecnol., Univ. degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope, Naples, Italy

fYear

2011

fDate

24-29 July 2011

Firstpage

2270

Lastpage

2273

Abstract

A dual-polarimetric model to exploit PingPong mode X-band full-resolution COSMO-SkyMed (CSK©) SAR data for metallic targets observation purposes is developed. The model relates the correlation between the co-polarized channels, in case of sea surface with and without metallic targets, to the time leg between two successive bursts. Experiments undertaken over COSMO-SkyMed Single Look Complex Slant (SCS) PingPong SAR data demonstrate the soundness of the proposed approach and its effectiveness from an operational viewpoint.

Keywords

oceanographic techniques; radar polarimetry; radar tracking; remote sensing by radar; ships; synthetic aperture radar; COSMO-SkyMed SAR data; PingPong mode SAR data; Single Look Complex Slant SAR data; X-band SAR data; copolarized channels; dual-polarized COSMO SkyMed SAR data; full-resolution SAR data; sea metallic target observation; sea surface; Indexes; Marine vehicles; Offshore installations; Remote sensing; Scattering; Sea surface; Synthetic aperture radar; Electromagnetic models; PingPong SAR data; ship observation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1003-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049661

Filename

6049661