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2011-07-28
An Advanced Dss-SAR InSAR Terrain Height Estimation Approach Based on Baseline Decoupling
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 119, 207-224, 2011
Abstract
In the distributed small satellites synthetic aperture radar (DSS-SAR), baseline is usually coupled, that is, along-track baseline and across-track baseline exist simultaneously. However, coupling baseline makes it difficult to distinguish phase differences caused by terrain height and Doppler frequency difference. In SAR interferometry (InSAR) geometric model, across-baseline is necessary to bring interferometric phase to estimate terrain height. Oppositely, along-track baseline will bring extra phase difference and dramatically decrease the accuracy of terrain height estimation. Considering the aforementioned problem, this paper focuses on the study of baseline decoupling of DSS-SAR. We firstly analyze the effect of coupling baseline on terrain height estimation, and then propose the method of baseline decoupling through space projection theory. In order to realize baseline decoupling, equivalent slave satellite, equivalent baseline, and equivalent slant range are defined through projecting slave satellite on range-height plane of master satellite. Furthermore, based on our baseline decoupling, an advanced approach of estimating terrain height is presented, which is more effective than traditional InSAR geometric model. Simulation results illuminate that the baseline decoupling can eliminate along-track baseline effect on terrain height estimation effectively and confirm the validity and efficiency of terrain height estimation approach proposed in this paper.
Citation
Shuang Li, Huaping Xu, and Lvqian Zhang, "An Advanced Dss-SAR InSAR Terrain Height Estimation Approach Based on Baseline Decoupling," Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 119, 207-224, 2011.
doi:10.2528/PIER11042301
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