Phase unwrapping techniques for IFSAR

Maria Teresa Chiaradia; Andrea Guerriero; Guido Pasquariello; Alberto Refice; Nicola Veneziani

doi:10.1117/12.262700

17 December 1996 Phase unwrapping techniques for IFSAR

Maria Teresa Chiaradia, Andrea Guerriero, Guido Pasquariello, Alberto Refice, Nicola Veneziani

Proceedings Volume 2958, Microwave Sensing and Synthetic Aperture Radar; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.262700
Event: Satellite Remote Sensing III, 1996, Taormina, Italy

Abstract

Coordinates in the 3D space of elements in a SAR image can be obtained by the combination of along-track, slant-range and interferometric fringe measurements. In order to evaluate the elevation of a pixel with respect to a slant- range reference plane, its absolute interferometric phase is required and this is typically derived unwrapping a 2D interferometric fringe pattern. Phase inconsistencies in SAR interferograms due to noise and topography determine unwrapping errors which appear as discontinuities in the computed absolute phase field. Phase aliasing arising from rapid phase variations from topography generates 2D unwrapping inconsistencies characterized by phase patterns statistically different from those induced by noise. In this paper, the spatial configurations of the phase field around residues is utilized in the phase unwrapping procedure. The feasibility of a neural network approach for classifying residual complex geometric phase patterns requiring different corrective measures is also presented. In addition, a method based on pseudo-differential interferometry to resolve residual inconsistencies as noise- or topography-generated is explored.

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Maria Teresa Chiaradia, Andrea Guerriero, Guido Pasquariello, Alberto Refice, and Nicola Veneziani "Phase unwrapping techniques for IFSAR", Proc. SPIE 2958, Microwave Sensing and Synthetic Aperture Radar, (17 December 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.262700

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