利用SIR-C极化数据提取地面参数

本文根据简化的积分公式模型（ＩＥＭ）,分析了面散射过程中后向散射系数与地面参数之间的关系。利用航天飞机成像雷达（ＳＩＲ－Ｃ）获取极化的雷达图像,提取新疆北部地区冲扇的散射系数以及介电常数（湿度）与粗糙度。由图像获得的地面参数数据,可以用于分布冲积扇成因、时代以及其次的关系。     

基于偏振雷达的积层混合云降水增雨潜力识别方法研究

强对流系统诱发的局地暴雨往往造成城市内涝, 带来严重的经济损失,危害人民生命、财产安全。为加强城市内涝预警能力、提高内涝预报精度、改善风险空间描述,急需研发高精度、高时空分辨率的城市降水监测产品。本研究基于深圳市1部S波段双偏振雷达和2部X波段双偏振相控阵雷达观测资料,研发了深圳市S波段双偏振雷达和X波段双偏振相控阵雷达定量降水估测（QPE）组网拼图系统。该系统主要包含以下4个模块：（1）雷达非气象回波的识别与去除;（2）复合平面扫描仰角信息计算;（3）S波段和X波段雷达单站降水率计算;（4）S波段和X波段雷达QPE拼图。基于新研发的S波段和X波段雷达定量降水估测拼图系统,产生时间分辨率1 min、空间分辨率30 m的QPE产品,并以自动气象站观测降水为标准,与深圳市目前天气预报业务QPE产品进行对比分析。结果表明,使用新研发的降水拼图系统产生的QPE产品,在精度和稳定性上优于业务产品。     

A new Likelihood Ratio for supervised classification of fully polarimetric SAR data: An application for sea ice type mapping

One of the potential applications of polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data is the classification of land cover, such as forest canopies, vegetation, sea ice types, and urban areas. In contrast to single or dual polarized SAR systems, full polarimetric SAR systems provide more information about the physical and geometrical properties of the imaged area. This paper proposes a new Bayes risk function which can be minimized to obtain a Likelihood Ratio (LR) for the supervised classification of polarimetric SAR data. The derived Bayes risk function is based on the complex Wishart distribution. Furthermore, a new spatial criterion is incorporated with the LR classification process to produce more homogeneous classes. The application for Arctic sea ice mapping shows that the LR and the proposed spatial criterion are able to provide promising classification results. Comparison with classification results based on the Wishart classifier, the Wishart Likelihood Ratio Test Statistic (WLRTS) proposed by Conradsen et al. (2003) and the Expectation Maximization with Probabilistic Label Relaxation (EMPLR) algorithm are presented. High overall classification accuracy of selected study areas which reaches 97.8% using the LR is obtained. Combining the derived spatial criterion with the LR can improve the overall classification accuracy to reach 99.9%. In this study, fully polarimetric C-band RADARSAT-2 data collected over Franklin Bay, Canadian Arctic, is used.     

极化SAR影像弱散射地物统计分类

针对Wishart分类器对功率具有较强的依赖性, 不易区分极化SAR影像上水体、道路、裸土、阴影等弱后向散射地物的问题, 提出一种利用极化目标分解和假设检验的弱散射地物统计分类方法。即在H-α初始化的基础上, 使用似然比检验得出像元与每个类中心的相似性, 并将其作为像元与类中心的距离测度。根据第一类错误概率和统计量的概率分布, 将相似性很小的强散射点归为拒绝类, 减少对分类的影响;对不能显著拒绝的像元归入具有最小统计量的类别中。通过使用E-SAR L波段和Radarsat-2 C波段全极化数据进行实验, 结果表明本文方法有利于弱散射地物极化信息的利用, 能够实现水体、道路、裸露的土壤和阴影等的精确分类。     

基于极化散射特征的极化合成孔径雷达海冰分类方法研究:以渤海海冰分类为例

海冰监视监测的关键是提取海冰类型,准确提取海冰类型对于评估海冰冰情、保证航海及海洋作业安全具有重要的意义。利全极化合成孔径雷达影像(SAR)的优势,提取海冰的极化散射特征;在此基础上结合二叉树分类思想,开展极化SAR海冰类型的分类算法研究,提高SAR海冰分类精度;与传统的海冰分类方法相比较,验证了本方法的有效性。     

LSSVM算法在极化SAR影像分类中的应用

最小二乘支持向量机(LSSVM)是针对标准支持向量机(SVM)算法训练时间长的问题而提出的一种改进算法。针对SVM算法在极化SAR影像分类时存在效率较低的问题,以目标分解理论为基础,对LSSVM算法应用于极化SAR影像分类的有效性进行了研究。结果表明,对于极化SAR影像分类,LSSVM算法与SVM算法的分类精度相当,但时间效率远优于SVM算法,并且对参数的调整也具有更好的稳定性,同时泛化能力良好。     

栈式稀疏自编码网络的多时相全极化SAR散射特征降维

利用极化合成孔径雷达（PolSAR）能够实现地物的识别和分类,而多时相全极化SAR可以获取地物更多的散射特征,提升地物识别精度,但高维散射特征的引入会带来严重的维数灾难问题。为了实现对高维散射特征的有效降维,本文提出一种基于栈式稀疏自编码网络S-SAE（Stacked Sparse AutoEncoder）的多时相PolSAR散射特征降维方法。该方法首先对PolSAR数据进行极化目标分解以获取高维散射特征;然后使用S-SAE对获取的多维特征进行降维处理,其中S-SAE降维方法首先采用无监督训练方式进行逐层贪婪训练;再结合Sigmod分类器,利用监督训练的方式对S-SAE进行参数优化,实现高维特征的有效降维;最后以降维后的特征作为支持向量机（SVM）和卷积神经网络（CNN）分类器的输入,实现地物分类。通过仿真和实测的两组多时相Sentinel-1数据处理结果表明,双隐层的S-SAE降维方法在各分类器上均取得最优的降维效果;对比各降维方法在SVM分类器上的分类精度,S-SAE较于局部线性嵌入（LLE）与主成分分析（PCA）降维方法,总体分类精度分别至少提升了9%和14%;在CNN分类器上,S-SAE较于LLE与PCA降维方法,总体分类精度分别至少提升了7%和9%。     

Crop classification from full-year fully-polarimetric L-band UAVSAR time-series using the Random Forest algorithm

Accurate and timely information on the distribution of crop types is vital to agricultural management, ecosystem services valuation and food security assessment. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems have become increasingly popular in the field of crop monitoring and classification. However, the potential of time-series polarimetric SAR data has not been explored extensively, with several open scientific questions (e.g. the optimal combination of image dates for crop classification) that need to be answered. In this research, the usefulness of full year (both 2011 and 2014) L-band fully-polarimetric Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) data in crop classification was fully investigated over an agricultural region with a heterogeneous distribution of crop categories. In total, 11 crop classes including tree crops (almond and walnut), forage crops (grass, alfalfa, hay, and clover), a spring crop (winter wheat), and summer crops (corn, sunflower, tomato, and pepper), were discriminated using the Random Forest (RF) algorithm. The SAR input variables included raw linear polarization channels as well as polarimetric parameters derived from Cloude-Pottier (CP) and Freeman-Durden (FD) decompositions. Results showed clearly that the polarimetric parameters yielded much higher classification accuracies than linear polarizations. The combined use of all variables (linear polarizations and polarimetric parameters) produced the maximum overall accuracy of 90.50 % and 84.93 % for 2011 and 2014, respectively, with a significant increase of approximately 8 percentage points compared with linear polarizations alone. The variable importance provided by the RF illustrated that the polarimetric parameters had a far greater influence than linear polarizations, with the CP parameters being much more important than the FD parameters. The most important acquisitions were the images dated during the peak biomass stage (July and August) when the differences in structural characteristics between most crops were the largest. At the same time, the images in spring (April and May) and autumn (October) also contributed to the crop classification since they respectively provided unique information for discriminating fruit crops (almond and walnut) as well as summer crops (corn, sunflower, and tomato). As a result, the combined use of only four acquisitions (dated May, July, August, and October for 2011 and April, June, August, and October for 2014) was adequate to achieve a nearly-optimal overall accuracy. In light of the promising classification accuracies demonstrated in this research, it becomes increasingly viable to provide accurate and up-to-date crops inventories over large areas based solely on multitemporal polarimetric SAR.     

Polarimetric differential SAR interferometry in an arid natural environment

Ground deformation measurements have contributed to a better understanding of the processes and mechanisms involved in natural hazards. Those include landslides, subsidence, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Spaceborne Differential Interferometric Synthetic Aperture RADAR (DInSAR) is a well studied technique for measuring ground deformation. Quality of deformation measurements, however, is often degraded by decorrelation. With the advent of fully polarimetric SAR satellite sensors, polarimetric optimization techniques exploiting polarimetric diversity improve the phase quality of interferograms. In this paper, we analyzed three polarimetric optimization methods to determine the optimal one for application in an arid natural environment. We considered coherence decomposition in single and double phase center scenarios. Coherence estimation bias associated with each optimization method has been analyzed. We compared the derived displacement values with terrestrial GPS measurements. The study shows that polarimetric optimization increases the number of coherent pixels by upto 6.89% as compared with a single polarization channel. The study concludes that polarimetric optimization coupled with DInSAR analysis yields more reliable deformation results in a low coherence region.     

利用Radarsat-2极化雷达数据探测湿地地表特征与分类

利用新型的Radarsat-2极化雷达数据,结合极化雷达目标分解方法提取鄱阳湖湿地不同地表类型的极化特征量,并进行了Wishart非监督和监督分类,取得了较高的精度.研究表明,Radarsat-2卫星的全天候极化雷达成像能力将在湿地监测和制图中有较大的应用潜力.