Repeat-pass interferometry using a fixed-receiver and ERS-2/ENVISAT as transmitters of opportunity

Conference paper (2009)

Authors

Sergi Duque Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya

Paco López-Dekker Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Signal Theory and Comm. Dept., Mathematical Geodesy and Positioning -

Jordi J. Mallorqui Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya

J. C. Merlano-Duncan Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya

Research Group

Mathematical Geodesy and Positioning () (TU Delft)

SAR Interferometry Bistatic

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Published Date

2009

Language

English

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Faculty

Civil Engineering & Geosciences

Department

Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Research Group

Mathematical Geodesy and Positioning

Abstract

The presented work discusses the processing of repeat-pass interferometric data acquired with SABRINA (SAR Bistatic Receiver for INterferometric Applications), where the receiver is fixed and the baseline is due to the two different satellite orbits. The paper addresses the particularities of bistatic interferometry like the coregistration of the images and the decorrelation factors affecting the interferometric phase. Theoretical developments are complemented with the first repeat-pass results. The characteristics of the scene and the 35 days temporal baseline have caused the interferogram to be severely affected by the temporal decorrelation. This first result opens the discussion of what kind of targets are seen in a bistatic geometry and which of them can be coherent along time.