The Potential of Commercial Satellite SAR Images for Revealing Pattern of Life
Conference: EUSAR 2012 - 9th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar
04/23/2012 - 04/26/2012 at Nuremberg, Germany
Proceedings: EUSAR 2012
Pages: 3Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Weydahl, Dan J. (Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), Land and Airsystems Division, PO Box 25, 2027 Kjeller, Norway)
Abstract:
If the SAR data are acquired in a repeat-pass interferometric configuration, it will be possible to detect small-scale changes from the interferometric coherence images. The coherence images add a new dimension to the pure SAR backscatter change. Results from analyzing several COSMO-SkyMed(TM) SAR images using 1-day and 8-days repeatpass shows that a sequence of three or more SAR coherence images will enable the user to better distinguish between natural changes and man-made activities. Analysis of coherence images also reveal “pattern of life” that very well can be used to update a total situational awareness map within a region of interest.