DocumentCode
1889586
Title
Potential assessment of SAR in compact and full polarimetry mode for snow detection
Author
Singh, Gulab ; Yamaguchi, Y. ; Venktaraman, G. ; Park, S.-E.
Author_Institution
Niigata Univ., Niigata, Japan
fYear
2011
fDate
24-29 July 2011
Firstpage
2286
Lastpage
2289
Abstract
This paper presents the comparison between the potential of SAR data in compact polarimetry (CP) and full polarimetry mode for snow detection. Eigenvalues based analysis and developed procedure have been used for this inter-comparison. It has been found over the part of rugged Siachen glaciated terrain, Indian Himalaya that dual polarization and compact polarization mode show-30% and-15% less capability than FP mode respectively.
Keywords
eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; glaciology; hydrological techniques; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; snow; synthetic aperture radar; Indian Himalaya; SAR; Siachen glaciated terrain; compact polarimetry; dual polarization; eigenvalues based analysis; full polarimetry; radar polarimetry mode; snow detection; Covariance matrix; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Polarimetry; Reflection; Remote sensing; Scattering; Snow; Himalaya; Remote sensing; SAR; compact polarimetry (CP); full polarimetry (FP); snow;
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.2011.6049665
Filename
6049665
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