Polarimetric SAR obesrvation of environmnt in Mongolia by ALOS/PALSAR

Motoyuki Sato, Koichi Iribe, D. Anarsaikhan

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Abstract

The Japanese remote sensing satellite ALOS/PALSAR was launched successfully in January 2006. We are carrying out polarimetric calibration of the PALSAR sensor, which has the full-polarimetric function of L-band SAR. We set corner reflectors in Ulaanbaatar in May and August 2006, and the acquired data was used to confirm the polarimetric calibration coefficients, which will be used for the data sets to be delivered from October 2006. In addition, the acquired polarimetric SAR data will provide new possibility in remote sensing. Since this is the world first satellite borne full-polarimetric SAR system, we cannot show many example in this moment, but from airborne SAR data, which we have studied, we show some examples of polarimetric SAR, which include tree type classification, and estimation of the orientation angle of scattering targets.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAsian Association on Remote Sensing - 27th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, ACRS 2006
Pages1259-1264
Number of pages6
Publication statusPublished - 2006 Dec 1
Event27th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, ACRS 2006 - Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Duration: 2006 Oct 92006 Oct 13

Publication series

NameAsian Association on Remote Sensing - 27th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, ACRS 2006

Other

Other27th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, ACRS 2006
Country/TerritoryMongolia
CityUlaanbaatar
Period06/10/906/10/13

Keywords

  • ALOS
  • Environment
  • Mongolia
  • PALSAR
  • Radar polarimetry
  • SAR

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications

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