Polarimetric Behavior for the Derivation of Sea Ice Topographic Height From TanDEM-X Interferometric SAR Data
Single-pass interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) is an effective technique for sea ice topographic retrieval despite the inherent dynamics of sea ice. However, the penetration of microwaves into snow-covered thick ice and the achievable height sensitivity for tens-of-centimeters thin ice...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:bc3f60baab2a48da8a6d17fec2797bd9 2023-05-15T18:16:11+02:00 Polarimetric Behavior for the Derivation of Sea Ice Topographic Height From TanDEM-X Interferometric SAR Data Lanqing Huang Irena Hajnsek 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2020.3036395 https://doaj.org/article/bc3f60baab2a48da8a6d17fec2797bd9 EN eng IEEE https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9250474/ https://doaj.org/toc/2151-1535 2151-1535 doi:10.1109/JSTARS.2020.3036395 https://doaj.org/article/bc3f60baab2a48da8a6d17fec2797bd9 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Vol 14, Pp 1095-1110 (2021) Polarimetry sea ice topography single-pass interferometry TanDEM-X Ocean engineering TC1501-1800 Geophysics. Cosmic physics QC801-809 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2020.3036395 2022-12-31T12:36:30Z Single-pass interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) is an effective technique for sea ice topographic retrieval despite the inherent dynamics of sea ice. However, the penetration of microwaves into snow-covered thick ice and the achievable height sensitivity for tens-of-centimeters thin ice are two major issues, which limit the accuracy of InSAR-derived sea ice topography. Polarimetry provides scattering information concerning the sea ice properties and has the potential, in combination with interferometry, to achieve an accurate reconstruction of a sea ice digital elevation model (DEM). This article studies the relation between polarimetric signatures and sea ice topography, and explores the possibility to compensate the penetration bias by merging copolar coherence into InSAR processing. The newly generated topographic map has a root-mean-square error under 0.3 m. For thin ice below 1 m, a positive relation between copolar phase φ coPol and surface height is observed, suggesting that φ coPol can effectively characterize thin sea ice topography. For thick ice with ridges, the maximum polarimetric phase difference Δφ maxPol reveals a particular shape of the coherence region, which can be interpreted as oriented volume scattering. It suggests that the model-based approach using polarimetric SAR interferometry assuming an oriented volume scattering model is promising in measuring the scattering centers in thick and deformed sea ice. The study of polarimetric behavior for the InSAR DEM is, therefore, a step forward toward accurate modeling of sea ice topography from polarimetric single-pass InSAR data. Article in Journal/Newspaper Sea ice Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 14 1095 1110 |
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Single-pass interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) is an effective technique for sea ice topographic retrieval despite the inherent dynamics of sea ice. However, the penetration of microwaves into snow-covered thick ice and the achievable height sensitivity for tens-of-centimeters thin ice are two major issues, which limit the accuracy of InSAR-derived sea ice topography. Polarimetry provides scattering information concerning the sea ice properties and has the potential, in combination with interferometry, to achieve an accurate reconstruction of a sea ice digital elevation model (DEM). This article studies the relation between polarimetric signatures and sea ice topography, and explores the possibility to compensate the penetration bias by merging copolar coherence into InSAR processing. The newly generated topographic map has a root-mean-square error under 0.3 m. For thin ice below 1 m, a positive relation between copolar phase φ coPol and surface height is observed, suggesting that φ coPol can effectively characterize thin sea ice topography. For thick ice with ridges, the maximum polarimetric phase difference Δφ maxPol reveals a particular shape of the coherence region, which can be interpreted as oriented volume scattering. It suggests that the model-based approach using polarimetric SAR interferometry assuming an oriented volume scattering model is promising in measuring the scattering centers in thick and deformed sea ice. The study of polarimetric behavior for the InSAR DEM is, therefore, a step forward toward accurate modeling of sea ice topography from polarimetric single-pass InSAR data. |
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Polarimetric Behavior for the Derivation of Sea Ice Topographic Height From TanDEM-X Interferometric SAR Data |
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Polarimetric Behavior for the Derivation of Sea Ice Topographic Height From TanDEM-X Interferometric SAR Data |
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Polarimetric Behavior for the Derivation of Sea Ice Topographic Height From TanDEM-X Interferometric SAR Data |
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Polarimetric Behavior for the Derivation of Sea Ice Topographic Height From TanDEM-X Interferometric SAR Data |
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Polarimetric Behavior for the Derivation of Sea Ice Topographic Height From TanDEM-X Interferometric SAR Data |
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polarimetric behavior for the derivation of sea ice topographic height from tandem-x interferometric sar data |
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