Calibration of Airborne Interferometric SAR with Single Corner Reflector in Two Converse Flights

doi:10.11947/j.AGCS.2018.20170450

Abstract

Abstract: Quite a few corner reflectors are essential for interferometric SAR in high precision terrain mapping applications,which limits its application in surveying and mapping industry.In this paper,we present a calibration algorithm of airborne interferometric SAR using single corner reflector in two converse flights.Firstly,based on principle of SAR interferometry,a three-dimensional calibration model considering horizontal and elevation positioning is constructed.Then several characteristic parameters which affect 3D location are analyzed and reduced to three parameters successfully.Finally,we extracted a number of tie points from two groups of complex image pairs in two converse flights by SIFT algorithm.New calibration functions can be developed from the tie points,which helps reduce number of control points.Real data experiments results confirmed the validity and rationality of the proposed algorithm.

Key words: interferomertic SAR, interferometric calibration, scale-invariant feature transform, tie points, controlled points, converse flight

CLC Number:

P237

WANG Bingnan, XIANG Maosheng, JIANG Shuai, FU Xikai. Calibration of Airborne Interferometric SAR with Single Corner Reflector in Two Converse Flights[J]. Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica Sinica, 2018, 47(11): 1495-1505.

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