Wavelet transform-based interferometric SAR coherence estimator

A novel method to estimate interferometric coherence in synthetic aperture radar interferometry is proposed. It is demonstrated that this approach is not affected by the terrain topography, contrary to multilook techniques. In addition, since the method is based on the two-dimensional discrete wavel...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: López Martínez, Carlos|||0000-0002-1366-9446, Fabregas Canovas, Francisco Javier|||0000-0002-7654-9695, Pottier, Eric
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/2118
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/2118
https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LSP.2005.859513
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Synthetic aperture radar
Image processing
Radar -- Equipment and supplies
DWT
ESAR-DLR X-band interferogram
L-band interferogram
Radar d'obertura sintètica
Imatge -- Processament
Radar
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Radiocomunicació i exploració electromagnètica::Teledetecció
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Sumario:A novel method to estimate interferometric coherence in synthetic aperture radar interferometry is proposed. It is demonstrated that this approach is not affected by the terrain topography, contrary to multilook techniques. In addition, since the method is based on the two-dimensional discrete wavelet packet transform, it allows recovering coherence information with a high spatial resolution. Results derived from simulated and experimental ESAR-DLR X- and L-band interferograms corroborate the performance of the proposed technique.