J4 ›› 2015, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (6): 23-29.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-2400.2015.06.005

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Forest parameters retrieval with dual-baseline polarimetric SAR interferometry based on clustering analysis

LU Hongxi1;LI Donglin2;LIU Hongwei1;SUO Zhiyong1;SONG Wenqing1;BAO Zheng1   

  1. (1. National Key Lab. of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian Univ., Xi'an  710071, China;
    2. Shanghai Institute of Satellite Engineering, Shanghai  200240, China)
  • Received:2014-06-20 Online:2015-12-20 Published:2016-01-25
  • Contact: LU Hongxi E-mail:xdkd@163.com

Abstract:

Forest parameters inversion is an important application of Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry(PolInSAR). To resolve the volume decorrelation coefficient ambiguity of single-baseline PolInSAR, a new dual-baseline PolInSAR approach is proposed in this paper. The correlation of dual-baseline data is fully investigated to resolve the ambiguity problem effectively, and the performance of the proposed approach is proved to be of great robustness in a very small baseline ratio system. Finally, experimental results with ESA dual-baseline PolInSAR simulated data validate the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed approach.

Key words: polarimetric synthetic aperture radar interferometry, forest parameters inversion, dual-baseline volume ambiguity-resolving, clustering analysis