Ray tracing for simulating reflection phenomena in SAR images

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 518-521

  Auer, Stefan ^a   Hinz, Stefan ^a   Bamler, Richard ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Persistent scatterers; Ray tracing; SAR simulation; TerraSAR X

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; RAY TRACING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

BACKWARD RAY TRACING; GEOMETRICAL ANALYSIS; PERSISTENT SCATTERERS; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; REFLECTION EFFECTS; SAR SIMULATION; SPECULAR REFLECTIONS; TERRASAR-X;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 67649771631     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4780143     Document Type: Conference Paper

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