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Describing a field that has been transformed by the recent availability of data from a new generation of space and airborne systems, the authors offer a synthetic geometrical approach to the description of synthetic aperture radar, one that addresses physicists, radar specialists, as well as experts in image processing.

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Author:   Didier Massonnet (National Research Center for Spatial Studies, Toulouse, Fran) ,  Jean-Claude Souyris (National Research Center for Spatial Studies, Toulouse, Fran)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9780849382390

ISBN 10:   0849382394
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   01 May 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

A Theoretical Emergency Kit for SAR Imagery The propagation and polarization of electromagnetic waves The electromagnetic radiation of microwave antennas Interaction between waves and natural surfaces Elements of signal processing SAR Processing: At the Heart of the SAR Technique Introduction General principles of Synthetic Aperture Radar Frequency representation SAR Synthesis algorithms System constraints Geometry characteristics An introduction to super-resolution Radar processing and geometric specificity of bistatic data From SAR Design to Image Quality Introduction Radar equation, Radar Cross Section (RCS) of a point target Radar signature for extended targets - the backscatter Signal to noise ratio (SNR) of the radar-target link before SAR synthesis Modifying the SNR during SAR synthesis Instrument Noise Equivalent 0(NE 0inst) Impact of image ambiguities on the NE 0inst - total Volume of data generated onboard Telemetry data rate Calibration and corresponding image quality requirements Speckle noise and image statistics The impulse response (IR) Radiometric elements of Image Quality Geometric elements of image quality Radar image interpretation SAR Interferometry: Towards the Ultimate Ranging Accuracy Principles and limitations of radar interferometry Implementing interferometry processing Application for topography Application for displacement measurement How slope effects limit interferometry Interpreting the results Availability and mission perspectives Comparison of interferometry with other methods Robustness of coherent processing when faced with ambiguities Permanent reflectors SAR Polarimetry: Towards the Ultimate Characterization of Targets Introduction Radar polarimetry: operating principle The scattering matrix Standard forms of backscatter Polarization synthesis Characteristic polarization and Euler parameters Coherent decomposition of the polarimetric measurement Taking depolarization into account Covariance matrix - coherence matrix Incoherent decomposition of polarimetric measurements Practical cases of polarimetric analysis Synoptic representation of polarimetric information Future compact polarimetric systems Merging polarimetry and interferometry: PolInSAR Conclusion

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