Estimation of terrain elevation by multifrequency interferometric wideband SAR data

Vito Pascazio; Gilda Schirinzi

doi:10.1117/12.410651

21 December 2000 Estimation of terrain elevation by multifrequency interferometric wideband SAR data

Vito Pascazio, Gilda Schirinzi

Proceedings Volume 4173, SAR Image Analysis, Modeling, and Techniques III; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.410651
Event: Europto Remote Sensing, 2000, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract

Purpose of the present paper is to investigate the possibility to reconstruct strongly discontinuous terrain height profiles, starting from more than one wrapped interferometric phase signals obtained at different working frequencies. In absence of phase noise, the use of two frequencies that are in inational ratio allows to have a unique solution. The presence of the decorrelation noise, however, makes such methods not applicable in practical cases. We propose an unwrapping method based on a Maximum Likelihood estimation technique and using frequency diversity. Since it does not exploit the phase gradient, it assures the uniqueness of the solution, also in the case of piece-wise continuous elevation patterns with strong discontinuities. This result is derived from the consideration that the likelihood function obtained combining frequency diversity information exhibits a unique global maximum.

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Vito Pascazio and Gilda Schirinzi "Estimation of terrain elevation by multifrequency interferometric wideband SAR data", Proc. SPIE 4173, SAR Image Analysis, Modeling, and Techniques III, (21 December 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.410651

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