Title :
Calibration of COSMO-SkyMed SAR data for hydrology applications
Author :
Riccio, Daniele ; Martino, Gerardo Di ; Iodice, Antonio ; Koussoube, Youssouf ; Pinelli, Alfonso Davide ; Ruello, Giuseppe
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
Abstract :
In this paper we present a procedure for the calibration of SAR data devoted to extract physical information from Cosmo-Skymed images. The main purpose is the extraction of land cover indexes for hydrology applications. The calibration procedure was implemented in a rural context in Burkina Faso, where along with the technical challenges we faced socio-economic problems. A set of handmade trihedral corner reflectors were deployed and their response measured from SAR images. The results were used for calibration of an erosion product.
Keywords :
calibration; erosion; hydrological techniques; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation mapping; Burkina Faso; COSMO-SKYMED SAR data calibration; Cosmo-Skymed images; SAR images; erosion product; handmade trihedral corner reflectors; hydrology applications; land cover index extraction; physical information extraction; socio-economic problems; Buildings; Calibration; Clutter; Noise; Radar cross section; Remote sensing; Synthetic aperture radar; Synthetic Aperture Radar; calibration; trihedral corner reflector;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1160-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6351429
