Applications of Polarimetric and Interferometric SAR to Environmental Remote Sensing and its Activities: Recent Advances in Extrawideband Polarimetry, Interferometry and Polarimetric Interferometry in Synthetic Aperture Remote Sensing and its Applications

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Abstract:

The development of Radar Polarimetry and Radar Interferometry is advancing rapidly, and these novel radar technologies are revamping Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging decisively. In this exposition the successive advancements are sketched beginning with the fundamental formulations and high-lighting the salient points of these diverse remote sensing techniques. Whereas with radar polarimetry the textural fine-structure, target-orientation and shape, symmetries and material constituents can be recovered with considerable improvements above that of standard amplitude-only Polarization Radar with radar interferometry the spatial in depth structure can be explored. In Polarimetric-Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar POL-IN-SAR Imaging it is possible to recover such co-registered textural plus spatial properties simultaneously. This includes the extraction of Digital Elevation Maps DEM from either fully Polarimetric scattering matrix or Interferometric dual antenna SAR image data takes with the additional benefit of obtaining co-registered three-dimensional POL-IN-DEM information. Extra-Wide-Band POL-IN-SAR Imaging - when applied to Repeat-Pass Image Overlay Interferometry - provides differential background validation and measurement, stress assessment, and environmental stress-change monitoring capabilities with hitherto unattained accuracy, which are essential tools for improved global biomass estimation.

Author(s):
Boerner, Wolfgang-martin
Author Organization(s):
ILLINOIS UNIV AT CHICAGO CIRCLE DEPT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
Descriptive Note:
Conference paper
Supplementary Note:
See also ADM001954. Presented at the Lecture Series on "Radar Polarimetry and Interferometry," held in Brussels, Belgium, on 14-15 Oct; Washington, DC, 18-19 Oct; and Ottawa, Canada, 21-22 Oct, 2004. Published in the Proceedings of the Lecture Series as Educational Notes, RTO-EN-SET-081, Paper 5, p5-1 through 5-34, 2004. Sponsored in part by Army Research Office (ARO) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The original document contains color images.
Pagination:
0035

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Approved For Public Release, Nato
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Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited. Nato.

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Monitor Series:
ONR
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_2.2_Collection; JCA_2.2.2_Imagery Collection; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_2.1_Planning and Direction; JCA_5.3.3_Develop Strategy; JCA_4.6.1_General Engineering; JCA_1.2.3_Educating; JCA_5.6.1_Assess Compliance with Guidance; JCA_5.6_Monitor; JCA_2.1.2_Develop Strategies; JCA_2.2.1_Signals Collection; JCA_1.2.6_Concepts; JCA_1.3.2_Personnel Management; JCA_4.5.4_Requirements Definition; JCA_4.5_Operational Contract Support; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned
Modernization Areas:
Space; Quantum Science and Computing; Directed Energy
Communities of Interest:
Space
Descriptor(s):
*POLARIMETRY, *SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR, *REMOTE DETECTION, *INTERFEROMETRY, SYMPOSIA, RADAR IMAGES, BROADBAND
Field(s)/Group(s):
Optical Detection and Detectors, Active and Passive Radar Detection and Equipment
Keyword(s):
EXTRA WIDEBAND, NATO FURNISHED
Report Date:
2007 Feb 01
Creation Date:
2007 Aug 29