Modeling minimum and maximum detectable deformation gradients of interferometric SAR measurements

A new functional model for determining the minimum and maximum detectable deformation gradients of interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) is developed. The model incorporates both the interferometric coherence and the look number, representing an extension to the existing models that consider only the interferometric coherence. Experimental results with Envisat ASAR data show that the new model performs well for interferograms with different look numbers and interferometric coherences. The model can serve as an important tool in determining whether InSAR technology can be used effectively to monitor a particular ground deformation. In addition, the model can also be used to determine the optimum look number for multi-looking operations to result in the best deformation monitoring results.     

Coherence optimization using the polarization state conformation in PolInSAR

A new coherence optimization algorithm is proposed for polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (SAR) interferometry applications by using the polarization state conformation algorithm based on the polarimetric basis transformation along with the polarization signatures. Through application of this algorithm, the resemblance between the scattering mechanisms of the same target in the repeat-pass polarimetric SAR (POLSAR) images is maximized. Then, coherence maps between the repeat-pass POLSAR images, before and after application of the algorithm, are generated. The coherences obtained by this method represent the best coherences or optimized coherences between the POLSAR images. The effects predicted by the theory are confirmed by the POLSAR data acquired by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Spaceborne Imaging Radar mission.     

利用极化合成孔径雷达干涉测量技术生成DEM

极化合成孔径雷达干涉测量(PolInSAR)是目前雷达遥感的前沿领域之一,它综合了极化和雷达干涉技术(InSAR)的特点.文中应用极化干涉相干最优化技术处理了Amazon雨林地区的真实L波段PALSAR全极化数据,得到该地区的数字高程模型(DEM).与常规的单极化InSAR技术进行对比,证明了利用极化干涉技术可以显著提...     

机载X波段极化干涉SAR数据非监督分类方法研究

针对经典极化分类算法在处理机载X波段SAR数据时将过多地物分为体散射类型,并且容易受噪声影响,分类结果存在大量误分现象的问题,通过对机载X波段SAR数据非监督分类方法的研究,提出将极化干涉信息用于机载X波段极化干涉SAR数据的分类。通过运用极化干涉数据进行目标分解得到参数A1和A2对数据进行初始分类,然后结合改进的Wishart最大似然分类算法来进行地物的自适应分类。实验结果表明,该方法能有效避免平地效应的影响,抗噪性好,能正确区分三种典型散射类型,分类效果明显优于极化分类效果。     

Underlying topography extraction over forest areas from multi-baseline PolInSAR data

In this paper, the digital elevation model (DEM) for a forest area is extracted from multi-baseline (MB) polarimetric interferometric synthetic aperture radar (PolInSAR) data. On the basis of the random-volume-over-ground (RVoG) model, the weighted complex least-squares adjustment (WCLSA) method is proposed for the ground phase estimation, so that the MB PolInSAR observations can be constrained by a generalized observation function and the observation contribution to the solution can be adjusted by a weighting strategy. A baseline length weighting strategy is then adopted to syncretize the DEMs estimated with the ground phases. The results of the simulated experiment undertaken in this study demonstrate that the WCLSA method is sensitive to the number of redundant observations and can adjust the contributions of the different observations. We also applied the WCLSA method to E-SAR L- and P-band MB PolInSAR data from the Krycklan River catchment in Northern Sweden. The results show that the two extracted DEMs are in close agreement with the Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) DEM, with root-mean-square errors of 3.54 and 3.16 m. The DEM vertical error is correlated with the terrain slope and ground-cover condition, but not with the forest height.     

基于史赖伯规则的机载InSAR区域网平差

采用区域网平差的方法进行合成孔径雷达干涉测量（interferometric synthetic aperture radar,InSAR）干涉参数定标,是减小大区域、多个干涉像对重叠处反演高程差异的有效方法。为了提高InSAR区域网平差的答解效能,设计一种利用史赖伯规则的机载InSAR区域网平差干涉参数定标方法。该方法利用史赖伯规则,由连接点误差方程式构建等效误差方程式,可有效减小法方程系数矩阵大小,降低对计算机配置的要求,提高平差的答解效能。采用我国机载双天线InSAR数据进行干涉参数定标试验,改化前后两种方案,干涉参数定标结果没有明显变化,改化后的平差耗时均值减小了,验证了利用史赖伯规则的机载InSAR区域网平差干涉参数定标的正确性和有效性。     

车载双天线干涉SAR DEM提取方法

相对于星载和机载SAR而言,使用车载SAR数据提取DEM可有效缩短DEM数据更新周期,降低成本。由于车载SAR平台结构可变,干涉定标需要重复进行,本文提出了基于单控制点的车载双天线干涉SAR的DEM提取方法。该方法基于单个控制点的精确坐标信息进行相位、斜距和高程改正,并实现高程的迭代求解,无需布设大量控制点进行干涉定标,有效简化外业工作。仿真试验证明：当基线长度估计达到毫米级精度,基线倾角估计也达到较高的精度时,可保证该方法较高的DEM提取精度。利用2018年在湖北武汉地区获取的车载双天线干涉SAR数据使用该方法和基于干涉定标的多控制点方法进行DEM提取对比试验,结果表明该方法在检查点的高程中误差为0.301 8 m,多控制点方法为0.258 4 m,在高相干区域,两种方法的DEM结果具有高度的统一性。     

基于酉ESPRIT算法的极化干涉相位估计

目前SAR极化干涉测量地形参数已经成为一种新兴的前沿技术。在现有提取极化干涉相位的技术中,由空间谱估计理论发展而来的,利用MUSIC、TLS-ESPRIT算法获取干涉相位信息的方法正逐步完善起来。但由于SAR信号存在散射点的观测数据少的问题,利用上述方法往往不能得到更高精度的干涉相位。作者提出的基于酉ESPRIT算法估算干涉相位的方法,充分利用了复观测数据以及共轭数据中的信息,使得观测数据等效增加了一倍,从而提高了植被高度参数的估计精度。本文详细阐述了该方法的原理和实施步骤,并通过对SIR-C/X-SAR的L波段实际数据进行验证处理,表明酉ESPRIT算法十分有效。     

Optimum Data Vector Approach to Multibaseline SAR Interferometry Phase Unwrapping

Phase unwrapping is a key problem not only in all quantitative applications of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) interferometry but also in other fields. In this letter, a new phase unwrapping approach is investigated. Our study is based on the model of the optimum data vector. In order to autocoregister the SAR images, the proposed method takes advantage of the multibaseline optimal weighted joint data vector by extracting all the coherence information available in the neighboring pixels. Moreover, the method employs the projection of the joint signal subspace onto the corresponding noise subspace to estimate the unwrapped interferometric phases (or the terrain heights). The proposed method can accurately determine the dimensions of the noise subspace and provide the robust unwrapped interferometric phases even in the presence of the large image coregistration errors. Moreover, the multibaseline processing idea is a combination of data optimization, image coregistration, interferogram filtering, and phase unwrapping.     

一种改进的Goldstein InSAR干涉图滤波算法

提出了一种抑制InSAR干涉图噪声并保持干涉图条纹细节的算法,该算法改进了Goldstein滤波的参数α,将干涉图的相位标准偏差函数模型作为参数。相位标准偏差是相位噪声的体现,以干涉图的相位噪声强弱来决定滤波的强弱,噪声强的局部区域强滤波,噪声弱的局部区域弱滤波。实验结果表明,此方法改善了滤波效果,增强了滤波的局部自适应性和条纹细节的保真性。     

极化干涉SAR森林高度反演方法研究

在分析随机体散射体/地表二层(RVoG)散射模型的基础上,利用德国宇航局机载SAR系统(ESAR)获取的POLInSAR数据和森林高度地面观测数据,对多种已有的森林高度反演模型进行了比较评价,从物理机制上对试验结果进行了分析、解释,进而发展了一种基于极化相干优化和非体散射去相干补偿的综合反演方法,实验结果表明,基于该方法的树高反演效果总体上优于其他方法。     

Building characterization using L-band polarimetric interferometric SAR data

This letter proposes a building characterization technique for L-band polarimetric interferometric synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. This characterization consists of building identification and height estimation. Initially, a polarimetric interferometric segmentation is performed to isolate buildings from their surroundings. This classification identifies three basic categories: single bounce, double bounce, and volume diffusion. In order to compensate for the misclassifications among the volume and the double-bounce classes, interferometric phases given by the high-resolution Estimation of Signal Parameters via Rotational Invariance Techniques (ESPRIT) method are analyzed. Once buildings are localized, a phase-to-height procedure is applied to retrieve building height information. The method is validated using E-SAR, German Aerospace Center (DLR) fully polarimetric SAR data, at L-band, repeat-pass mode, over the Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, test site, with a spatial resolution of 1.5 m in range and azimuth. More than 80% of buildings are retrieved with acceptably accurate height estimates.     

利用参数独立分解的星载SAR干涉测量检校方法

在星载干涉合成孔径雷达中,干涉参数的准确性对高程精度起着至关重要的作用。传统干涉测量检校方法往往将影响量级不同的干涉参数组合在一起解算,无法精确获得每项干涉参数的修正量。针对此问题,本文提出一种利用参数独立分解的干涉测量检校方法。首先,根据三维重建模型,确定与干涉SAR测高有关的参数;随后,在确保几何参数精度的前提下,对干涉参数的敏感度进行定量分析;最后,采用独立检校算法解算每一项干涉参数误差,完成干涉测量检校模型的建立。本文选择陕西渭南区域4对TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X数据进行了试验分析。结果表明,对于该试验数据,采用本文提出的参数独立分解方法,干涉测量检校后干涉结果的高程精度优于2.54 m,平原地区获取DEM的绝对高程精度优于1.21 m,山地地区获取DEM的绝对高程精度优于3.11 m,验证了本文方法的有效性和正确性,为我国平原及山区1∶25 000比例尺的干涉SAR地形图测绘提供了技术基础。     

Fusion of PolSAR and PolInSAR data for land cover classification

The main research goal of this study is to investigate the complementarity and fusion of different frequencies (L- and P-band), polarimetric SAR (PolSAR) and polarimetric interferometric (PolInSAR) data for land cover classification. A large feature set was derived from each of these four modalities and a two-level fusion method was developed: Logistic regression (LR) as ‘feature-level fusion’ and the neural-network (NN) method for higher level fusion. For comparison, a support vector machine (SVM) was also applied. NN and SVM were applied on various combinations of the feature sets.     

InSAR生成DEM中WRF大气校正

利用星载重复轨道合成孔径雷达干涉测量InSAR技术获取数字高程模型(DEM),无法避免大气延迟效应的影响。InSAR大气校正的方法很多,但在DEM获取方面的大气校正研究却非常少见。本文研究星载重轨InSAR生产DEM时利用大气数值模式WRF(Weather Research and Forecasting model)得到的水汽结果进行大气校正的问题,重点讨论大气校正的策略,包括WRF模式设置和大气校正时机的选择,简要介绍了基于WRF运算结果的大气校正方法。利用Terra SAR-X数据进行实验,检验了所提出方法的有效性,证明了在干涉相位解缠前进行大气校正,比在相位解缠后进行的效果更好。将所提出方法应用于多基线、多波段InSAR干涉结果融合中,实验结果表明大气校正能够有效降低误差,对于相干性较高的地区效果更好。     

广域滑坡灾害隐患InSAR显著性形变区深度学习识别技术

全面识别和发现地质灾害隐患,已成为我国地质灾害防治的重大实际需求。目前,基于InSAR技术和深度学习相结合用于广域尺度下地质灾害隐患智能识别应用效果与适用性还需要进一步探索与研究。本文基于Stacking InSAR技术获得地表形变相位数据,利用深度学习检测识别正在变形的滑坡隐患位置与分布,确定显著性形变区边界,探索将上述技术方法推广到一定的广域范围和动态更新数据集。结果显示,测试数据集显著性形变区平均识别精度为0.69,召回率为0.67,F₁ score为0.67,动态更新数据集识别精度为0.85,召回率为0.58,F₁ score为0.68。研究表明,本文方法在广域地灾隐患识别中具有应用可行性,可为地质灾害监测预警提供理论基础与技术支撑。     

利用矩阵值域的极化干涉SAR相干性的研究

极化SAR干涉测量 (PolInSAR)的相干性是反演植被参数的重要信息来源,极化空间中不同极化状态对应的相干性分布与复极化相干矩阵的值域相关。本文讨论了不同结构的复极化相干矩阵值域的特点,分析了不同极化状态下干涉相干性与复极化相干矩阵的值域的关系。利用模拟数据和真实全极化SAR数据分析了滑动窗口大小和不同散射体对复极化干涉矩阵值域的影响,以及复极化干涉矩阵的结构对极化干涉SAR相干性分布空间的影响,有助于更加准确地获取极化干涉SAR最优极化基和估计最优相干性。     

城市地表形变的双极化Sentinel-1数据极化时序InSAR技术监测

利用双极化Sentinel-1数据有望得到较单极化数据更好的城市地表形变监测结果。以典型受地表沉降灾害影响的两座超大城市（墨西哥的墨西哥城和中国北京市）为研究区,分别基于长时序单、双极化Sentinel-1数据,利用时序合成孔径雷达干涉测量（interferometric synthetic aperture radar, InSAR）技术和极化时序InSAR技术对两城市近年地表形变进行监测研究。结果表明,利用双极化Sentinel-1数据对干涉图进行极化优化后,干涉图相位质量得到提升,高质量像元比例明显增加。使用双极化数据后,形变监测点密度有显著提升,相比于单极化数据结果,墨西哥城和北京市监测点密度分别提升88%和50%;更高的监测点密度使部分区域双极化数据反演地表形变的准确性更高。与单极化Sentinel-1数据相比,利用双极化Sentinel-1数据进行城市地表形变监测可得到监测点密度更高、可靠性更好的结果。     

共享内存环境下的分块最小不连续相位解缠算法

提出了一种共享内存环境下的分块最小不连续相位解缠方法。首先,利用多核协同计算整块相位质量图;然后,将干涉图和相位质量图分割为规则小块,采用质量引导与最小不连续相合成的方法同时对子块干涉图进行相位解缠;最后,主线程在不同解缠相位块以及位于边界的低质量区域上再次进行最小不连续优化,获取最终合并后的解缠结果。仿真和真实干涉相位图的分块解缠实验结果表明,所提算法在保持解缠精度的同时,加速比分别达到3.98和2.26。