Title :
Applications of RADARSAT-2-polarimetric data
Author :
Caves, R.G. ; Scheuchl, B. ; Staples, G.
Author_Institution :
Macdonald Dettwiler & Associates, Richmond, BC, Canada
Abstract :
Expected applications improvements provided by dual- and quad-polarised data from Radarsat-2 are identified. Dual-polarised data is expected to have a wide range of applications. More detailed information is provided by quad-polarised data but here applications are limited by the narrow swath width. A specific study on sea ice monitoring is focussed on as an example application. The effect of system noise on polarimetric data analysis is considered as is the potential for polarimetric interferometry. The latter will be limited by temporal decorrelation
Keywords :
oceanographic techniques; radar polarimetry; radiowave interferometry; remote sensing by radar; sea ice; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; Radarsat-2 polarimetric data; dual-polarised data; polarimetric data analysis; polarimetric interferometry; quad-polarised data; sea ice monitoring; system noise; Business; Data analysis; Landmine detection; Monitoring; Petroleum; Polarization; Radar detection; Radar remote sensing; Sea ice; Surveillance;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7031-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2001.978100
