Shape from shading in a single fully polarized SAR data

Shaheen Ghayourmanesh; Yun Zhang

doi:10.1117/12.615817

18 August 2005 Shape from shading in a single fully polarized SAR data

Shaheen Ghayourmanesh, Yun Zhang

Proceedings Volume 5888, Polarization Science and Remote Sensing II; 58881F (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.615817
Event: Optics and Photonics 2005, 2005, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Radar Shape From Shading (SFS) has been an active research topic on the processing of airborne and spaceborne single polarized SAR images during last two decades. The second generation of spaceborne SAR systems, such as Radarsat-2, will obtain fully polarized information about the ground targets. As the quadrature polarized (quad-pol) SAR images provide useful information on surface roughness and backscatter properties, this research intends to apply the SFS technique to the quad-pol SAR image to obtain topographic information. The technique is tested on the Canadian C/X-SAR (carried on Convair-580) quad-pol data, which is used as simulated sample data of potential Radarsat 2. The results (elevation profiles) are validated with the ground truth elevation profiles, generated from Digital Elevation Model of the area. The geometric accuracies are analyzed.

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Shaheen Ghayourmanesh and Yun Zhang "Shape from shading in a single fully polarized SAR data", Proc. SPIE 5888, Polarization Science and Remote Sensing II, 58881F (18 August 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.615817

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