Abstract:
A major source of error for repeat-pass interferometric synthetic aperture radar is the phase delay in radio signal propagation through the atmosphere, particularly the p...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
A major source of error for repeat-pass interferometric synthetic aperture radar is the phase delay in radio signal propagation through the atmosphere, particularly the part due to tropospheric water vapor. These effects become more significant for ScanSAR observations due to their wider coverage (e.g., 400 km \times 400 km for ENVISAT Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) wide swath (WS) mode versus 100 km \times 100 km for ASAR image mode). In this letter, we demonstrate for the first time that a Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer water vapor correction model can significantly reduce atmospheric water vapor effects on ASAR WS interferograms, with the phase variation in non-deforming areas decreasing from 3.8 cm before correction to 0.4 cm after correction.
Published in: IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters ( Volume: 9, Issue: 2, March 2012)