Analytical investigation of urban SAR features having a group of corner reflectors

Many man-made structures found in urban areas respond in predictable manners and appear as dominantly bright features within SAR images. In this paper the role of electromagnetic phenomena in SAR environment is analyzed. We present several SAR simulation results performed on multiple arbitrary building structures. The simulated results, which are tabulated on various cases, may be utilized to benefit urban planners or image interpreters by providing clues to relate target reflectivity and their average height distribution in urban SAR imagery