Geodetic TomoSAR: Fusion of SAR imaging geodesy and TomoSAR for 3D absolute scatterer positioning

Xiao Xiang Zhu; Sina Montazeri; Christoph Gisinger; Ramon Hanssen; Richard Bamler

doi:10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946676

Geodetic TomoSAR: Fusion of SAR imaging geodesy and TomoSAR for 3D absolute scatterer positioning

Xiao Xiang Zhu, Sina Montazeri, Christoph Gisinger, Ramon Hanssen, Richard Bamler

Mathematical Geodesy and Positioning

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a framework referred to as 'geodetic TomoSAR' that fuses the SAR image geodesy and TomoSAR approaches to obtain absolute 3D positions of a large amount of natural scatterers. The methodology is applied on four Very High Resolution (VHR) TerraSAR-X spotlight image stacks acquired over the city of Berlin. Since the TomoSAR estimates are referred to the identical reference point whose absolute 3D positions are retrieved by means of Stereo-SAR, the point clouds from ascending and descending orbits are automatically fused. To assess the accuracy of the position estimates, the resulting absolute shadow-free 3D TomoSAR point clouds are compared to a DSM obtained by airborne LiDAR.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Place of Publication	Piscataway
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	1317-1320
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4799-5775-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946676
Publication status	Published - 4 Nov 2014
Event	Joint 2014 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2014 and the 35th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, CSRS 2014 - Quebec City, Canada Duration: 13 Jul 2014 → 18 Jul 2014 Conference number: 35

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Conference	Joint 2014 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2014 and the 35th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, CSRS 2014
Abbreviated title	IGARSS 2014
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Quebec City
Period	13/07/14 → 18/07/14

Keywords

Geodetic TomoSAR
SAR Tomography
Stereo-SAR
TerraSAR-X

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Zhu, X. X., Montazeri, S., Gisinger, C., Hanssen, R., & Bamler, R. (2014). Geodetic TomoSAR: Fusion of SAR imaging geodesy and TomoSAR for 3D absolute scatterer positioning. In International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) (pp. 1317-1320). Article 6946676 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946676

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Zhu, XX, Montazeri, S, Gisinger, C, Hanssen, R & Bamler, R 2014, Geodetic TomoSAR: Fusion of SAR imaging geodesy and TomoSAR for 3D absolute scatterer positioning. in International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)., 6946676, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, pp. 1317-1320, Joint 2014 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2014 and the 35th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, CSRS 2014, Quebec City, Canada, 13/07/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946676

Geodetic TomoSAR: Fusion of SAR imaging geodesy and TomoSAR for 3D absolute scatterer positioning. / Zhu, Xiao Xiang; Montazeri, Sina; Gisinger, Christoph et al.
International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). Piscataway: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2014. p. 1317-1320 6946676.

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