Separation of scattering contributions in Polarimetric SAR Interferometry

Abstract

Polarimetry SAR interferometric data, together with the use of coherent scattering models, have shown their potentiality for the quantitative study of forests and agricultural areas. As demonstrated, the polarimetric dependency of the interferometric complex correlation coefficient may be exploited to relate this coefficient with the different parameters employed to describe a vertical distribution of scatters. In the case of forests, for instance, these parameters may refer to the forest height, the extinction coefficient or to the underneath topography.