Title :
Similarity Parameter in Polarimetric SAR Interferometry
Author :
Xiong, Tao ; Yang, Jian ; Peng, Yingning
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing
Abstract :
The similarity parameter is used to measure the similarity between two different scattering matrixes. In this paper, the similarity parameter is introduced into polarimetric SAR Interferometry (Pol-In-SAR). For two scattering matrixes of every scattering cell, the similarity parameter can be used to register the pairs of images received by two flights and fuse the polarimetric information to enhance the coherence and reduce the phase noise. The quality of the interferometric phase is improved remarkably and the number of residues is reduced sufficiently. This is helpful in generating an accurate digital elevation model (DEM)
Keywords :
S-matrix theory; image registration; phase noise; radar imaging; radar polarimetry; synthetic aperture radar; digital elevation model; image registration; interferometric phase; phase noise; polarimetric SAR interferometry; scattering matrixes; similarity parameter; Coherence; Digital elevation models; Fuses; Image registration; Interferometry; Noise reduction; Phase noise; Robustness; Scattering parameters; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
Signal Processing, 2006 8th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9736-3
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9736-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICOSP.2006.346044