Simulating SAR geometric distortions and predicting Persistent Scatterer densities for ERS-1/2 and ENVISAT C-band SAR and InSAR applications: Nationwide feasibility assessment to monitor the landmass of Great Britain with SAR imagery

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 152, Issue , 2014, Pages 441-466

  Cigna, Francesca ^a   Bateson, Luke B ^a   Jordan, Colm J ^a   Dashwood, Claire ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feasibility; InSAR; Land surface processes; Layover; Persistent Scatterers; PS density; Radar Interferometry; Shadow; Synthetic Aperture Radar

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; FACSIMILE; FORECASTING; GEODETIC SATELLITES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERFEROMETRY; LANDFORMS; LANDSLIDES; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TOPOGRAPHY;

FEASIBILITY; INSAR; LAND-SURFACE PROCESS; LAYOVER; PERSISTENT SCATTERERS; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SHADOW;

RADAR IMAGING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

DATABASE; GEOMETRY; LAND COVER; LITHOSPHERE; RADAR IMAGERY; SIMULATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; CALIBRATION; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; GROUND MOTION; INTERFEROMETRY; LANDSLIDE; MASS MOVEMENT; MONITORING; ORIENTATION; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHY; VISIBILITY;

UNITED KINGDOM; SOUTH WALES; WALES;

EID: 84905373436     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.06.025     Document Type: Article

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