Title :
Topographic surface reconstruction using interferometric and stereo techniques
Author :
Gelautz, M. ; Paillou, Ph ; Chen, C.
Author_Institution :
STAR Lab., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
The objective of the authors´ study is to analyze and compare the advantages and shortcomings of InSAR radar interferometric and stereo processing as tools for topographic mapping, with an eye to a possible fusion of the two surface reconstruction methods
Keywords :
geodesy; geophysical signal processing; geophysical techniques; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; stereo image processing; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; topography (Earth); InSAR; geodesy; geophysical measurement technique; interferometric SAR; land surface topography; radar imaging; radar interferometry; radar remote sensing; stereo imaging; stereo processing; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; topographic surface reconstruction; Image reconstruction; Laboratories; Reconstruction algorithms; Satellites; Spaceborne radar; Stereo image processing; Surface reconstruction; Surface topography; Synthetic aperture radar interferometry; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International
Conference_Location :
Hamburg
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5207-6
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1999.774989