Title :
On the tomographic information in single pairs of crossing-orbits SAR acquisitions
Author :
López-Dekker, Paco ; De Zan, Francesco ; Wollstadt, Steffen ; Prats, Pau ; Krieger, Gerhard
Author_Institution :
Microwaves & Radar Inst., German Aerosp. Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Abstract :
This paper discusses the tomographic potential of interferometric SAR acquisitions under crossing tracks, which results from the associated baseline variation. A simple model is proposed to describe the received signal. Experimental results confirm the expected tomographic potential.
Keywords :
radar detection; radar interferometry; radar signal processing; synthetic aperture radar; tomography; baseline variation; crossing tracks; crossing-orbit SAR acquisitions; interferometric SAR acquisitions; tomographic information; Azimuth; Coherence; Doppler effect; Interferometry; Orbits; Synthetic aperture radar; Tomography; Interferometry; SAR; Tomography;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1160-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6351949
