SAR/InSAR Raw Data Simulator using DTM scene definitions

This paper presents simulation results obtained using new features of an extended version of the SAR/InSAR Raw Data Simulator developed by the Warsaw University of Technology, Poland. The new version of the SAR/InSAR Raw Data Simulator allows for the complex and realistic simulation of any scene under radar observation. The scene can be defined using any CAD software to create a model of the Digital Terrain Model (DTM). It also allows the use of real DTM models gathered using systems such as LIDAR. The main goal of developing the extended version of the SAR/InSAR Raw Data Simulator was to make a useful tool for conducting SAR/InSAR algorithms tests, including most of the phenomena accrued during real SAR acquisition (non-ideal radar platform path, shadowing effect, double and multi-bounds effect, etc.).