Sensors (Jan 2009)

MAPSAR Image Simulation Based on L-band Polarimetric Data from the SAR-R99B Airborne Sensor (SIVAM System)

  • Wagner Fernando da Silva,
  • Mario Marcos Quintino da Silva,
  • Fernando Pellon de Miranda,
  • Bernardo Friedrich Theodor Rudorff,
  • João Roberto dos Santos,
  • Luciano Vieira Dutra,
  • Waldir Renato Paradella,
  • José Claudio Mura

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/s90100102
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 102 – 117

Abstract

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This paper describes the methodology applied to generate simulated multipolarized L-band SAR images of the MAPSAR (Multi-Application Purpose SAR) satellite from the airborne SAR R99B sensor (SIVAM System). MAPSAR is a feasibility study conducted by INPE (National Institute for Space Research) and DLR (German Aerospace Center) targeting a satellite L-band SAR innovative mission for assessment, management and monitoring of natural resources. Examples of simulated products and their applications are briefly discussed.

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