Statistical Analysis for Improvement of Double Persistent Scatterers Detection in SAR Tomography

Abstract

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) tomography presents the advantage of multiple stable targets detection within same pixel. Fast-sup-GLRT (generalized likelihood ratio test based on support estimation) algorithm proved to be an ideal compromise between detection capabilities and computational complexity. In this work, a multi-look version of this detector which exploits the advantages of Capon estimation is examined. Statistical analysis of estimation and detection processes are conducted to compare the performances of sequential non-linear least-squares (NLLS) search and Capon filtering of projected data for double PS identification. Main objective is to exploit the super-resolution advantages of NLLS method without the risk of multiple stable targets classification from the same scattering contribution. For the last desiderate, an additional verification is included within the detection step.