Inversion of surface parameters from polarimetric SAR data

Author

Hajnsek, Irena ; Cloude, Shane R. ; Lee, Jong-Sen ; Pottier, Eric

Author_Institution

Lab. Antennes et Telecommun., Rennes I Univ., France

Volume

3

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1095

Abstract

The authors introduce a new model for the inversion of surface roughness and moisture from polarimetric SAR data, based on the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the coherency matrix. They present how three parameters, namely the polarimetric entropy, the anisotropy and the alpha angle can be used in order to decouple roughness from moisture content offering the possibility of a straightforward inversion of these parameters

Keywords

geophysical techniques; hydrological techniques; moisture measurement; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; soil; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; alpha angle; anisotropy; coherency matrix; decoupling; eigenvalues; eigenvectors; hydrology; inversion; land surface; measurement technique; model; polarimetric SAR; polarimetric entropy; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; rough surface; soil moisture; surface parameters; surface roughness; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; Backscatter; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Electromagnetic scattering; Erbium; Moisture; Polarimetry; Remote sensing; Rough surfaces; Surface roughness; Surface waves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6359-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2000.858033

Filename

858033