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http://dx.doi.org/10.7780/kjrs.2012.28.1.121

Intertidal DEM Generation Using Satellite Radar Interferometry  

Park, Jeong-Won (Department of Earth System Sciences, Yonsei University)
Choi, Jung-Hyun (Department of Earth System Sciences, Yonsei University)
Lee, Yoon-Kyung (Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute)
Won, Joong-Sun (Department of Earth System Sciences, Yonsei University)
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Korean Journal of Remote Sensing / v.28, no.1, 2012 , pp. 121-128 More about this Journal
Abstract
High resolution intertidal DEM is a basic material for science research like sedimentation/erosion by ocean current, and is invaluable in a monitoring of environmental changes and practical management of coastal wetland. Since the intertidal zone changes rapidly by the inflow of fluvial debris and tide condition, remote sensing is an effective tool for observing large areas in short time. Although radar interferometry is one of the well-known techniques for generating high resolution DEM, conventional repeat-pass interferometry has difficulty on acquiring enough coherence over tidal flat due to the limited exposure time and the rapid changes in surface condition. In order to overcome these constraints, we tested the feasibility of radar interferometry using Cosmo-SkyMed tandem-like one-day data and ERS-ENVISAT cross tandem data with very short revisit period compared to the conventional repeat pass data. Small temporal baseline combined with long perpendicular baseline allowed high coherence over most of the exposed tidal flat surface in both observations. However the interferometric phases acquired from Cosmo-SkyMed data suffer from atmospheric delay and changes in soil moisture contents. The ERS-ENVISAT pair, on the other hand, provides nice phase which agree well with the real topography, because the atmospheric effect in 30-minute gap is almost same to both images so that they are cancelled out in the interferometric process. Thus, the cross interferometry with very small temporal baseline and large perpendicular baseline is one of the most reliable solutions for the intertidal DEM construction which requires very accurate mapping of the elevation.
Keywords
Tidal flat; radar interferometry (InSAR); digital elevation model (DEM);
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