Phase quality optimization in Polarimetric differential SAR Interferometry

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2875-2888

  Iglesias, Ruben ^a   Monells, Dani ^a   Fabregas, Xavier ^a   Mallorqui, Jordi J ^a   Aguasca, Albert ^a   Lopez Martinez, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amplitude dispersion optimization; coherence optimization; differential synthetic aperture radar (SAR) interferometry (DInSAR); polarimetric DInSAR (PolDInSAR); polarimetry

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; DISPERSIONS; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTIMIZATION; PIXELS; POLARIMETERS;

ADVANCED LAND OBSERVING SATELLITES; AMPLITUDE DISPERSION; COHERENCE OPTIMIZATION; D-INSAR; DIFFERENTIAL SAR INTERFEROMETRY; DIFFERENTIAL SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR INTERFEROMETRY (DINSAR); INTERFEROMETRIC TECHNIQUES; POLARIMETRIC OPTIMIZATION;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ALOS; AMPLITUDE; DATA SET; OPTIMIZATION; PIXEL; POLARIZATION; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; RADARSAT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TERRASAR-X;

EID: 84896316490     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2013.2267095     Document Type: Article

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