INTEGRATED MULTI-FREQUENCY PO LARIME TRIC AND INTERFEROMETRIC PROCESSING TECHNIOU ES
Abstract:
The algorithms and implementation of an integrated SAR processor designed to process multi-frequency SAR data from either polarimetric, interferometric or mixed mode (a combination of polarimetric and interferometric modes) SAR systems is described. The processor is designed to automatically produce co-registered multi-frequency images regardless of the data collection mode at different frequencies. If at least one frequency interferometric DEM is available, all images are resampled and terrain corrected using the DEM. Examples are provided and discussed. Research on the utility of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data in many diverse applications has seen great activity in the past decade. In particular, two powerful SAR techniques emerged during this time. Polarimetric SARS were first demonstrated during the 1980’s and are described by van Zyl et al. [van Zyl, 1987] and Zebker et al. [Zebker,
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