A New Calibration Method of Airborne Interferometric SAR

The accuracy of system parameters is one of the key factors that limit the precision of DEM from airborne dual-antenna InSAR, so the interferometric calibration is of great significance. The traditional calibration method establishes the sensitivity equations to solve the different calibration param...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: W. Mengmeng, H. Guoman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2013-07-01
Series:The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Online Access:http://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XL-7-W1/87/2013/isprsarchives-XL-7-W1-87-2013.pdf
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Summary:The accuracy of system parameters is one of the key factors that limit the precision of DEM from airborne dual-antenna InSAR, so the interferometric calibration is of great significance. The traditional calibration method establishes the sensitivity equations to solve the different calibration parameters biases. This paper presents a new calibration method to improve the algorithm stability and suit for mass production. It introduces sensitivity analysis of every interferometric parameter and establishes a new model based on sensitivity equations. Finally, a set of airborne interferometric SAR data are adopted to do the experiment to illustrate the availability of the new method.
ISSN:1682-1750
2194-9034