Krieger, Gerhard and De Zan, Francesco and Lopez-Dekker, Paco and Kim, Jun Su and Rodriguez Cassola, Marc and Moreira, Alberto (2015) Impact of TEC Gradients and Higher-Order Ionospheric Disturbances on Spaceborne Single-Pass SAR Interferometry. In: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pp. 4061-4064. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) 2015, 2015-07-26 - 2015-07-31, Milan,Italy. doi: 10.1109/igarss.2015.7326717.
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Abstract
This paper analyzes the impact of a spatially inhomogeneous ionosphere on spaceborne single-pass SAR interferometry. For this, linear TEC gradients and higher-order irregularities are considered. It is shown that TEC gradients as low as 0.01 TECU/km may already noticeably affect the accuracy of an L-band cross-track interferometer, causing, e.g., horizontal and vertical offsets in the order of 1-2 m. Higher-order perturbations of the electron plasma lead to additional errors that vary nonlinearly with the length of the interferometric baseline. To predict these errors, we model the ionospheric irregularities as the product of a vertical profile and a second-order stationary stochastic process with a 3-D power-law spectrum. The interferometric errors are then derived via a set of projection integrals that express the expected phase error variance as a function of the baseline length and the angular extent of the synthetic aperture. With this model, we show that the phase errors of an L-band single-pass SAR interferometer may reach several tens of degrees under medium turbulence conditions. Since these phase errors are highly correlated among neighboring resolution cells, they cannot be reduced by multi-looking, thereby posing a possible challenge for multiple baseline interferometry and SAR tomography.
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Document Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Speech) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title: | Impact of TEC Gradients and Higher-Order Ionospheric Disturbances on Spaceborne Single-Pass SAR Interferometry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date: | 26 July 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Refereed publication: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Open Access: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gold Open Access: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In SCOPUS: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In ISI Web of Science: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1109/igarss.2015.7326717 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 4061-4064 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Keywords: | ionosphere, scintillation, SAR interferometry, turbulence, TEC gradient | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event Title: | International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event Location: | Milan,Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event Type: | international Conference | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event Start Date: | 26 July 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event End Date: | 31 July 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Organizer: | IEEE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program: | Space | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program Themes: | Earth Observation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research area: | Raumfahrt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Program: | R EO - Earth Observation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research theme (Project): | R - Vorhaben Tandem-L Vorstudien (old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location: | Oberpfaffenhofen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Institutes and Institutions: | Microwaves and Radar Institute > Radar Concepts Microwaves and Radar Institute > SAR Technology Microwaves and Radar Institute > Spaceborne SAR Systems Microwaves and Radar Institute | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deposited By: | Krieger, Dr.-Ing. Gerhard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deposited On: | 05 Feb 2015 08:35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Modified: | 24 Apr 2024 20:00 |
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