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http://dx.doi.org/10.7780/kjrs.2012.28.2.227

Development of Unwrapped InSAR Phase to Height Conversion Algorithm  

Kim, Sang-Wan (Department of Geoinformation Engineering, Sejong University)
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Korean Journal of Remote Sensing / v.28, no.2, 2012 , pp. 227-235 More about this Journal
Abstract
The InSAR (Interferometric SAR) processing steps for DEM generation consist of the coregistration of two SAR data, interferogram generation, phase filtering, phase unwrapping, phase to height conversion, and geocoding, etc. In this study, we developed the precise algorithm for phase to height conversion, including the ambiguity method taking into account Earth ellipsoid, Schw$\ddot{a}$visch method, and the refined ambiguity method suitable for the interferometric pair with non-parallel obit. From the testing with JERS-1 orbit we found that the height error by traditional ambiguity method reaches to about 40 m during phase to height conversion. The proposed methods are very useful in generating precise InSAR DEM;especially in the case of using non-parallel InSAR pair due to unstable orbit control such as JERS-1 or intentional orbit control such as Cross-InSAR pair between ERS2 and ENVISAT satellite.
Keywords
SAR; InSAR DEM; Height; Phase;
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