Polarimetric BISAR Image Simulation and Analysis

Author

Jin, Ya-Qiu ; Xu, Feng

Author_Institution

Key Lab. of Wave Scattering & Remote Sensing Inf. (Minist. of Educ.), Fudan Univ., Shanghai

Volume

3

fYear

2008

fDate

7-11 July 2008

Abstract

Employing three-dimensional mapping and projection algorithm (MPA), imaging simulation of bistatic SAR (BISAR) observation over complex scenario is developed. Based on the explicit expression of point target response of stripmap BISAR imaging, raw data is efficiently generated from the scattering map pre-calculated by MPA. Some examples of BISAR image simulation are studied. Polarimetric characteristics of BISAR image are then discussed. A transform of unified bistatic polar bases for BISAR image is proposed. Analysis of simulated images shows that the redefined parameters by the unified bistatic polar bases transform well describe different scattering mechanisms in BISAR imaging. It provides a primary tool for BISAR image interpretation and terrain classification.

Keywords

atmospheric boundary layer; geophysical techniques; image classification; image processing; radar polarimetry; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation; 3D mapping and projection algorithm; MPA; image interpretation; polarimetric BISAR image simulation; raw data; scattering map; stripmap bistatic synthetic aperture radar imaging; terrain classification; unified bistatic polar bases transform; Analytical models; Attenuation; Image analysis; Image retrieval; Information retrieval; Projection algorithms; Radar scattering; Remote sensing; Scattering parameters; Signal processing algorithms; BISAR; BISAR polarimetry; MPA; imaging simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2008. IGARSS 2008. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2807-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2808-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779420

Filename

4779420