• DocumentCode
    2746216
  • Title

    Information content in SAR images of urban areas

  • Author

    Franceschetti, G. ; Iodice, A. ; Riccio, D. ; Ruello, G.

  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    22-23 May 2003
  • Firstpage
    43
  • Lastpage
    46
  • Abstract
    In this paper we present a SAR raw signal simulator based on a model of the electromagnetic field scattered by an urban structure and on a radar model. The simulation scheme also accounts for the time-domain problems related to the optical path length of the scattering contributions. Examples of simulated images are provided, along with a discussion devoted to identify the information content in SAR images of urban areas and to point out results useful for the image interpretation.
  • Keywords
    electromagnetic fields; electromagnetic wave scattering; radar imaging; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; time-domain analysis; SAR images; electromagnetic field; image interpretation; optical path length; raw signal simulator; scattering contributions; signal simulator; synthetic aperture radar; time-domain problems; urban areas; urban structure;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Remote Sensing and Data Fusion over Urban Areas, 2003. 2nd GRSS/ISPRS Joint Workshop on
  • Conference_Location
    Berlin, Germany
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7719-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/DFUA.2003.1219954
  • Filename
    5730996