Simulation of Faraday rotation on longer wavelength spaceborne polarimetric InSAR

  • Haizhong Ma*
  • , Jie Chen
  • , Xunjun Yin
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The effects of Faraday rotation (FR) on longer wavelength (i.e. L or P-Band) spaceborne linearly full-polarized inferfermetry synthetic aperture radar (Pol-InSAR) processing are addressed. A model for linearly full-polarimetric InSAR data subject to Faraday rotation is investigated. Due to Faraday rotation, the received signal in each channel will be contaminated by backscattering signals from other polarimetric channels, which consequently reduce the coherence of the two single look complex SAR images received by the same channel for Pol-InSAR processing. The numerical simulation results are presented, which indicates that Faraday Rotation has significant impact on the coherence of the interferograms, especially for the spaceborne longer wavelength Pol-InSAR system.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2010 3rd International Congress on Image and Signal Processing, CISP 2010
Pages2255-2259
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event2010 3rd International Congress on Image and Signal Processing, CISP 2010 - Yantai, China
Duration: 16 Oct 201018 Oct 2010

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2010 3rd International Congress on Image and Signal Processing, CISP 2010
Volume5

Conference

Conference2010 3rd International Congress on Image and Signal Processing, CISP 2010
Country/TerritoryChina
CityYantai
Period16/10/1018/10/10

Keywords

  • Faraday rotation
  • Polarimetric interferometry
  • Synthetic sperture radar (SAR)

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