Mexico City subsidence observed with persistent scatterer InSAR

We analyzed 23 satellite SAR (synthetic aperture radar) scenes using Persistent Scatter Interferometry (PSI) to study subsidence in Mexico City associated with groundwater withdrawal. The data were acquired by the Envisat ASAR system between January 2004 and July 2006. The spatial pattern of subsidence and the maximum subsidence rate (300 mm/year) are similar to earlier studies. Comparison to independent GPS data indicates RMS agreement between the two techniques of 6.9 mm/year, about the level expected based on joint data uncertainty. Significant annual variation in the GPS vertical data is not observed, suggesting minimal aquifer recharge during the rainy season, and justifying a simple linear model of phase variation through time for the PSI analysis.     

基于区域网平差的InSAR基线估计方法

为有效减少大面积、多套干涉数据基线估计所需的地面控制点数量、降低接边处反演高程的差异,提出考虑干涉相位偏置的InSAR区域网平差基线估计方法。采用中国科学院电子学研究所机载InSAR系统获取的多套干涉数据进行了区域网平差基线估计试验,利用少量地面控制点完成了各套干涉数据的基线估计,减小接边处反演高程的差异,验证该基线估计方法的有效性。     

基于模糊集重心的DLG产品质量的模糊综合评判

DLG产品作为GIS的一种重要数字产品形式,其数据质量是保证系统可靠性、有效性的关键.本文对影响DLG产品质量因素进行了详细分析,在此基础上,将基于模糊重心综合评判应用于DLG产品的质量评估,较好地解决了传统模糊综合评判的信息丢失问题,使评估方法更加有效、可行.     

Doppler properties of spaceborne/airborne hybrid bistatic synthetic aperture radar

In this paper,a special geometry case of spaceborne-airborne bistatic SAR(SA-BiSAR) is considered,in which satellite and aircraft flight paths are parallel and their antennas are steering at the strip map.This case is a simple but typical application example,which is applicable for non-cooperative illumination.The integration time of SA-BiSAR system is derived via the motion of transmitter and receiver footprint.In parallel and stripmap mode,Doppler frequency is obtained through the combination be-tween spaceborne and airborne SAR.Other Doppler properties have been envisaged,including Doppler bandwidth and azimuth resolution.The overall simulation experiments are conducted and some characteristics are exhibited.The critical parameters,which have the significant effect on the SA-BiSAR Doppler properties,are extracted by analytical expressions and numerical simulations.In parallel and strip map mode and with reference to ENVISAT-1,SA-BiSAR system possesses the potential of yielding 10 m azi-muth resolution and 0.5 s integration time for C-band via the analysis of simulation results.     

基于正八面体的四孔六边形球面格网编码及索引

将正八面体上下相邻的两个三角形面片合并成一个四分体,建立二维坐标系,在此基础上采用六边形格网单元的层次编码方案,分析了不同位置格网单元的编码特征,提出了一种“孔4双轴查找算法”,实现了相应的邻接单元及父、子单元查找,并进行了相关实验及对比分析。结果表明,该算法和传统的Vince算法相比较,邻接单元查找速度提高了约900倍,父单元和子单元的查找速度均提高了约120倍。     

一种结合Freeman分解和散射熵的MRF多极化SAR影像分割算法

针对多极化SAR图像,采用Freeman分解理论,将其分为表面散射、偶次散射、体散射、混合散射4种散射机制,并通过H/Alpha分解提取散射熵,将地物初始分为12类,并运用聚合的层次聚类算法对初始分类结果进行合并。利用Wishart分布对特征场进行建模,用模拟退火优化方法求取基于最大后验准则下的分割结果。     

InSAR技术进步与地面沉降监测应用——中国科学院院士中国工程院院士李德仁教授接受本刊专访

2013年7月26日,上海市地质调查研究院副总工程师兼水土环境研究所所长王寒梅教授、上海市地质调查研究院总工程师办公室副主任兼《上海国土资源》编辑部主任龚士良教授专程赴武汉,拜访了中国科学院与中国工程院两院院士、武汉大学测绘遥感信息工程国家重点实验室学术委员会主任李德仁教授,并代表《上海国土资源》期刊作了专题访谈。     

全极化合成孔径雷达近岸风场反演研究

Coastal winds are strongly influenced by topology and discontinuity between land and sea surfaces. Wind assessment from remote sensing in such a complex area remains a challenge. Space-borne scatterometer does not provide any information about the coastal wind field, as the coarse spatial resolution hampers the radar backscattering. Synthetic aperture radar （SAR） with a high spatial resolution and all-weather observation abilities has become one of the most important tools for ocean wind retrieval, especially in the coastal area. Conventional methods of wind field retrieval from SAR, however, require wind direction as initial information, such as the wind direction from numerical weather prediction models （NWP）, which may not match the time of SAR image acquiring. Fortunately, the polarimetric observations of SAR enable independent wind retrieval from SAR images alone. In order to accurately measure coastal wind fields, this paper proposes a new method of using co-polarization backscattering coefficients from polarimetric SAR observations up to polarimetric correlation backscattering coefficients, which are acquired from the conjugate product of co-polarization backscatter and cross-polarization backscatter. Co-polarization backscattering coefficients and polarimetric correlation backscattering coefficients are obtained form Radarsat-2 single-look complex （SLC） data.The maximum likelihood estimation is used to gain the initial results followed by the coarse spatial filtering and fine spatial filtering. Wind direction accuracy of the final inversion results is 10.67 with a wind speed accuracy of 0.32 m/s. Unlike previous methods, the methods described in this article utilize the SAR data itself to obtain the wind vectors and do not need external wind directional information. High spatial resolution and high accuracy are the most important features of the method described herein since the use of full polarimetric observations contains more information about the space measured.This article is a useful addition to the work of independent SAR wind retrieval. The experimental results herein show that it is feasible to employ the co-polarimetric backscattering coefficients and the polarimetric correlation backscattering coefficients for coastal wind field retrieval.