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http://dx.doi.org/10.7780/kjrs.2002.18.4.209

Characteristics of the SAR Images and Interferometric Phase over Oyster Sea Farming Site  

김상완 (연세대학교 지구시스템과학과)
이창욱 (연세대학교 지구시스템과학과)
원중선 (연세대학교 지구시스템과학과)
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Korean Journal of Remote Sensing / v.18, no.4, 2002 , pp. 209-220 More about this Journal
Abstract
We carried out studies on SAR image intensity and interferometric phase over oyster sea farms. Strong backscattering was observed in amplitude images, and that was considered as a radar signal double bouncing from horizontal bars. These sea farming structures are not visible in satellite optical images except IKONOS image, so that it demonstrates the value of radar remote sensing as an effective tool in support of sea farm detection. The intensity of the image is sensitive to system parameters including wavelength, polarization, and look direction, but does not correlate to tide height. We found that the strongest backscattering can be obtained by L-band HH-polarization with a look direction perpendicular to the horizontal bar. We also succeeded in generating 21 coherent JERS-1 SAR interferometric pairs over the oyster farms. The general trend of the fringe rate of the interferometric phases appeared to be governed by altitude of ambiguity. The general trend was modeled by an inverse function and removed to have a residual phase. The residual phase showed a linear relation with the tide height. The results demonstrate for the first time that SAR can possibly be used to estimate sea level. However, the r.m.s. error of a regression line is 11.7 cm, and that is so far too large to make reliable assessments of sea level in practical applications. Further studies is required to improve the accuracy specifically using multi-polarization SAR data.
Keywords
SAR interferometry; Tide Height; Oyster Sea Farms; JERS-1 SAR; Image Intensity;
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