A synoptic visualisation of fully polarimetric SAR data-an annotated example icon

Author

Turner, Dean ; Woodhouse, Iain H. ; Laidlaw, David H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Geogr., Edinburgh Univ., UK

Volume

5

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

2717

Abstract

This paper explores an example SAR data set that has been displayed using a new method of visualising polarimetric data. It is based on an iconic representation of information within a pixel, which allows for the complete polarisation response to be viewed simultaneously across the image. An example from a test site in Sweden is presented, with a detailed description of how such an image can be interpreted. This will be through particular examples of polarimetric responses correlated with features in the landscape.

Keywords

data visualisation; forestry; geophysical signal processing; geophysical techniques; geophysics computing; radar imaging; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; vegetation mapping; Sweden; agriculture; crops; data visualisation; forest; forestry; geophysical measurement technique; geophysics co; iconic representation; land surface; landscape; polarimetric SAR; polarisation response; radar imaging; radar polarimetry; synoptic visualisation; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; vegetation mapping; Computer science; Data visualization; Forestry; Geography; Pixel; Polarization; Radar polarimetry; Shape; Synthetic aperture radar; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7536-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1026752

Filename

1026752