Publications of Pau Prats-Iraola

Articles in journal or book chapters

1. Francescopaolo Sica, Sofie Bretzke, Andrea Pulella, Jose-Luis Bueso-Bello, Michele Martone, Pau Prats-Iraola, Maria-Jose Gonzalez-Bonilla, Michael Schmitt, and Paola Rizzoli. InSAR Decorrelation at X-Band From the Joint TanDEM-X/PAZ Constellation. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, pp 1-5, 2020. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



2. N. Sakar, M. Rodriguez-Cassola, P. Prats-Iraola, and A. Moreira. Azimuth Reconstruction Algorithm for Multistatic SAR Formations With Large Along-Track Baselines. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, pp 1-10, 2019. Keyword(s): Azimuth, Synthetic aperture radar, Image reconstruction, History, Receivers, Doppler effect, Reconstruction algorithms, Digital beamforming, high-resolution wide-swath (HRWS) radar, multistatic radar signal processing, synthetic aperture radar (SAR). [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



3. Muriel Pinheiro, Andreas Reigber, Rolf Scheiber, Pau Prats-Iraola, and Alberto Moreira. Generation of Highly Accurate DEMs Over Flat Areas by Means of Dual-Frequency and Dual-Baseline Airborne SAR Interferometry. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, pp 1-30, 2018. Keyword(s): Calibration, Data models, Decorrelation, Interferometry, Standards, Surfaces, Synthetic aperture radar, Digital elevation model (DEM), SAR interferometry (InSAR)., dual frequency, repeat-pass interferometry. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



4. Pau Prats-Iraola, Paco Lopez-Dekker, Francesco De Zan, Nestor Yague-Martinez, Mariantonietta Zonno, and Marc Rodriguez-Cassola. Performance of 3-D Surface Deformation Estimation for Simultaneous Squinted SAR Acquisitions. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 56(4):2147-2158, April 2018. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, deformation, radar imaging, radar interferometry, remote sensing by radar, spaceborne radar, synthetic aperture radar, 3D mean deformation map retrieval, 3D surface deformation estimation performance, C band, L band, LOSs, along-track deformation measurement, angular separations, atmospheric delay correlation, atmospheric noise, differential measurement, future spaceborne SAR missions, hybrid Cramer-Rao bound, interferograms, lines of sight, mathematical framework, multibeam low earth observation missions, multisatellite earth observation missions, north-south component sensitivity, quasisimultaneous squinted synthetic aperture radar interferometric acquisitions, repeat-pass scenario, simultaneous SAR image acquisition, simultaneous squinted SAR acquisitions, squint angles, troposphere autocorrelation function, troposphere-free estimation, Atmospheric measurements, Extraterrestrial measurements, Geometry, Satellites, Strain, Synthetic aperture radar, Terrestrial atmosphere, Atmospheric boundary layer (ABL), differential synthetic aperture radar interferometry (DInSAR), hybrid Cramer-Rao bound (HCRB), squinted synthetic aperture radar acquisitions, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), troposphere. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



5. Nida Sakar, Marc Rodriguez-Cassola, Pau Prats-Iraola, Andreas Reigber, and Alberto Moreira. Analysis of Geometrical Approximations in Signal Reconstruction Methods for Multistatic SAR Constellations With Large Along-Track Baseline. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 15(6):892-896, June 2018. Keyword(s): Doppler effect, Geometry, History, Image reconstruction, Receivers, Spaceborne radar, Synthetic aperture radar, Digital beamforming, high-resolution wide-swath (HRWS) radar, multistatic radar signal processing, synthetic aperture radar (SAR). [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



6. D. Li, M. Rodriguez-Cassola, P. Prats-Iraola, M. Wu, and A. Moreira. Reverse Backprojection Algorithm for the Accurate Generation of SAR Raw Data of Natural Scenes. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 14(11):2072-2076, November 2017. Keyword(s): data acquisition, geophysical image processing, remote sensing by radar, synthetic aperture radar, tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation, reverse backprojection algorithm, SAR raw data, natural scenes, SAR image formation sibling, multistatic SAR missions, synthetic aperture radar mission concepts, geosynchronous SAR missions, observation geometry, acquisition strategy, atmospheric propagation, Synthetic aperture radar, Low earth orbit satellites, Azimuth, Atmospheric modeling, Standards, Algorithm design and analysis, Data models, Azimuth variation, backprojection algorithm, geosynchronous (GEO) SAR, raw data simulation, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), terrain observation with progressive scan (TOPS), tropospheric propagation. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



7. Octavio Ponce, Pau Prats-Iraola, Rolf Scheiber, Andreas Reigber, and Alberto Moreira. First Airborne Demonstration of Holographic SAR Tomography With Fully Polarimetric Multicircular Acquisitions at L-Band. IEEE_J_GRS, 54(10):6170-6196, October 2016. Keyword(s): geophysical techniques, radar imaging, remote sensing by radar, synthetic aperture radar, 2-D synthetic aperture, Fully Polarimetric Multicircular Acquisitions, German Aerospace Center, Germany, HoloSAR tomogram polarimetric analysis, Kaufbeuren, L-Band, SAR systems, airborne F-SAR sensor, coherent imaging approach, complex reflectivity, compressive sensing, fast-factorized back-projection, forest backscattering analysis, full 3-D reconstructions, generalized likelihood ratio test, geometric acquisition, geoscience community, holographic SAR tomography, holographic techniques, impulse response function, incoherent imaging, individual circular trajectories, internal structure imaging, multicircular SAR acquisitions, polarimetric L-band HoloSAR survey, radar resolution capability function, scatterer polarimetric signature, semitransparent media, sidelobe power, spatial resolution, target 3-D IRF, tomographic techniques, volumetric backscattering, Apertures, Radar imaging, Spatial resolution, Synthetic aperture radar, Tomography, Circular synthetic aperture radar (CSAR), compressive sensing (CS), fast-factorized back-projection (FFBP), holographic sar tomography (HoloSAR), phase gradient autofocus (PGA), polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (PolSAR). [bibtex-entry]



8. F. De Zan, P. Prats-Iraola, and M. Rodriguez-Cassola. On the Dependence of Delta-k Efficiency on Multilooking. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 12(8):1745-1749, August 2015. Keyword(s): estimation theory, radar imaging, radar interferometry, synthetic aperture radar, delta-k method, synthetic aperture radar imaging, differential interferogram, multilooking, interferometric fringe, incoherent cross-correlation, Synthetic aperture radar, Bandwidth, Correlation, Estimation, Coherence, Remote sensing, Interferometry, Delay estimation, Delta-k, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), synthetic aperture radar interferometry, Delay estimation, Delta-k, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), synthetic aperture radar interferometry. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



9. M. Pinheiro, M. Rodriguez-Cassola, P. Prats-Iraola, A. Reigber, G. Krieger, and A. Moreira. Reconstruction of Coherent Pairs of Synthetic Aperture Radar Data Acquired in Interrupted Mode. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 53(4):1876-1893, April 2015. Keyword(s): calibration, image reconstruction, radar imaging, radar interferometry, synchronisation, synthetic aperture radar, coherent pairs, synthetic aperture radar, cooperative bistatic SAR systems, SAR imaging, multistatic systems, spectral estimation based interpolators, distributed scatterers, image reconstruction, TanDEM-X mission, Synthetic aperture radar, Image reconstruction, Interrupters, Azimuth, Synchronization, Apertures, Coherence, Bistatic synthetic aperture radar (SAR), cross-reconstruction, reconstruction of missing data, SAR, SAR interferometry, spectral estimators, Bistatic synthetic aperture radar (SAR), cross-reconstruction, reconstruction of missing data, SAR, SAR interferometry, spectral estimators. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



10. P. Prats-Iraola, M. Rodriguez-Cassola, F. De Zan, R. Scheiber, P. Lopez-Dekker, I. Barat, and D. Geudtner. Role of the Orbital Tube in Interferometric Spaceborne SAR Missions. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 12(7):1486-1490, July 2015. Keyword(s): decorrelation, Earth orbit, radar interferometry, spaceborne radar, synthetic aperture radar, interferometric spaceborne SAR mission, Earth observation satellite synthetic aperture radar mission, Earthfixed orbital tube, ground-track coverage repeatability, repeat-pass interferometric compatibility, azimuth spectral decorrelation, azimuth coregistration accuracy, ScanSAR, TOPS, terrain observation by progressive scan, Sentinel-1 mission, Orbits, Electron tubes, Azimuth, Doppler effect, Satellites, Synthetic aperture radar, Remote sensing, Coregistration, interferometric SAR (InSAR), orbital tube, ScanSAR, spectral decorrelation, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), Terrain Observation by Progressive Scans (TOPS), Coregistration, interferometric SAR (InSAR), orbital tube, ScanSAR, spectral decorrelation, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), Terrain Observation by Progressive Scans (TOPS). [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



11. M. Rodriguez-Cassola, P. Prats-Iraola, F. De Zan, R. Scheiber, A. Reigber, D. Geudtner, and A. Moreira. Doppler-Related Distortions in TOPS SAR Images. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 53(1):25-35, January 2015. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, SAR Focusing, Azimuth Focusing, TOPS, Doppler radar, approximation theory, beam steering, compensation, distortion, geophysical image processing, radar antennas, radar imaging, radar interferometry, remote sensing by radar, synthetic aperture radar, terrain mapping, SAR image formation scheme, Sentinel-1 interferometric extra wide swath mode, Sentinel-1 interferometric wide swath mode, TOPS SAR image, TerraSAR-X TOPS, azimuth distortion, burst mode acquisition, compensation strategy, focused SAR image, intrapulse motion, low Earth orbit SAR, radar antenna, range distortion, steering, stop-and-go approximation, terrain observation with progressive scan, time-varying Doppler centroid, Azimuth, Doppler effect, Geometry, Orbits, Spaceborne radar, Surfaces, Synthetic aperture radar, Burst-mode acquisitions, Sentinel-1, TerraSAR-X (TerraSAR-X), Terrain Observation with Progressive Scans (TOPS), spaceborne SAR missions, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), wide-swath SAR modes. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



12. Octavio Ponce, Pau Prats-Iraola, Muriel Pinheiro, Marc Rodriguez-Cassola, Rolf Scheiber, Andreas Reigber, and Alberto Moreira. Fully Polarimetric High-Resolution 3-D Imaging With Circular SAR at L-Band. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 52(6):3074-3090, June 2014. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Circular SAR, Time-Domain Back-Projection, TDBP, MoComp, Motion Compensation, Bandwidth, Image resolution, Imaging, L-band, Synthetic aperture radar, Trajectory, Autofocus, circular synthetic aperture radar (CSAR), fast factorized back-projection, FFBP, graphics processing unit (GPU), high-resolution SAR, polarimetry, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), tomography, SAR Tomography. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



13. O. Ponce, P. Prats-Iraola, R. Scheiber, A. Reigber, A. Moreira, and E. Aguilera. Polarimetric 3-D Reconstruction From Multicircular SAR at P-Band. IEEE_J_GRSL, 11(4):803-807, April 2014. Keyword(s): airborne radar, array signal processing, calibration, compressed sensing, image reconstruction, image resolution, optical focusing, radar imaging, radar polarimetry, radar resolution, singular value decomposition, synthetic aperture radar, 2D image stacking, 3D cone-shaped sidelobe suppression, 3D reconstruction polarimetry, BF, CS, DLR, FFBP, German Aerospace Center F-SAR system, LOS, P-band, SVD, Vordemwald Switzerland, beamforming, circular flight, complex reflectivity solution, compressive sensing, constant phase offset estimation, fast-factorized back projection, line of sight, multicircular synthetic aperture radar, phase calibration method, polarimetric MCSAR airborne experiment, Apertures, Calibration, Focusing, Image resolution, Remote sensing, Synthetic aperture radar, Circular synthetic aperture radar (SAR) (CSAR), compressive sensing (CS), phase calibration, polarimetric SAR (PolSAR), singular value decomposition (SVD), tomography. [bibtex-entry]



14. Pau Prats-Iraola, Marc Rodriguez-Cassola, Francseco De Zan, Pau Lopez-Dekker, Rolf Scheiber, and Andreas Reigber. Efficient Evaluation of Fourier-Based SAR Focusing Kernels. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 11(9):1489-1493, Sep. 2014. Keyword(s): airborne radar, image resolution, image sensors, numerical analysis, optical focusing, optical transfer function, radar imaging, spaceborne radar, synthetic aperture radar, transient response, geometry, transfer function, airborne SAR sensor, spaceborne SAR sensor, IRF, 2D point target spectrum simulation, numerical analysis, bistatic SAR image resolution, spaceborne SAR image resolution, compact analytic expression, hyperbolic range history, residual phase error, focused impulse response function, SAR image formation, synthetic aperture radar image formation, Fourier-based SAR focusing kernel, Kernel, Synthetic aperture radar, Focusing, Azimuth, Transfer functions, Geometry, Spaceborne radar, SAR processing, SAR simulation, SAR spectrum, spotlight SAR, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), SAR processing, SAR simulation, SAR spectrum, spotlight SAR, synthetic aperture radar (SAR). [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



15. Pau Prats-Iraola, Rolf Scheiber, Marc Rodriguez-Cassola, J. Mittermayer, S. Wollstadt, F. De Zan, B. Brautigam, M. Schwerdt, Andreas Reigber, and Alberto Moreira. On the Processing of Very High Resolution Spaceborne SAR Data. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 52(10):6003-6016, October 2014. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Spaceborne SAR, SAR Focusing, Azimuth focusing, radar antennas, remote sensing by radar, synthetic aperture radar, TerraSAR-X, bandwidth 300 MHz, chirp signal, complete focusing methodology, decimeter range, electronically steered antennas, satellite motion, synthetic aperture radar, troposphere effect, very high resolution spaceborne SAR data, Azimuth, Bandwidth, Geometry, Orbits, Satellites, Synthetic aperture radar, Terrestrial atmosphere, SAR processing, spotlight SAR, stop-and-go approximation, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), troposphere. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



16. Francesco De Zan, A. Parizzi, Pau Prats-Iraola, and Paco López-Dekker. A SAR Interferometric Model for Soil Moisture. IEEE_J_GRS, 52(1):418-425, January 2014. Keyword(s): dielectric properties, hydrological techniques, radar interferometry, remote sensing by radar, soil, synthetic aperture radar, Born approximation, L-band airborne SAR data, SAR interferometric model, coherence magnitudes, complex interferometric coherences, geometrical properties, interferogram triplets, phase consistency, plane waves, quantitatively synthetic aperture radar interferometric observables, scattering models, soil moisture, tomography, vertical complex wavenumbers, Coherence, L-band, Moisture, Soil moisture, Synthetic aperture radar, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) interferometry. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



17. Alberto Moreira, Pau Prats-Iraola, Marwan Younis, Gerhard Krieger, Irena Hajnsek, and Konstantinos P. Papathanassiou. A tutorial on synthetic aperture radar. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine, 1(1):6-43, March 2013. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Tutorial, SAR Focusing, Azimuth Focusing, SAR Interferometry, SAR Polarimetry, polarimetric interferometry, PolInSAR, InSAR, SAR Tomography, geophysical techniques, radar interferometry, radar polarimetry, remote sensing by radar, synthetic aperture radar, Earth remote sensing, bistatic configurations, differential interferometry, digital beamforming, holographic tomography, multiple-input multiple-output, multistatic configurations, polarimetric SAR interferometry, polarimetry, synthetic aperture radar, Radar imaging, Remote sensing, Scattering, Spaceborne radar, Synthetic aperture radar, Tutorial, Teaching Material, Teaching. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



18. Andreas Reigber, Rolf Scheiber, Marc Jäger, Pau Prats-Iraola, Irena Hajnsek, Thomas Jagdhuber, Konstantinos P. Papathanassiou, Matteo Nannini, Esteban Aguilera, S. Baumgartner, Ralf Horn, Anton Nottensteiner, and Alberto Moreira. Very-High-Resolution Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging: Signal Processing and Applications. Proceedings of the IEEE, 101(3):759-783, March 2013. Keyword(s): Applications, high resolution, signal processing, synthetic aperture radar (SAR);. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



19. P. Prats-Iraola, R. Scheiber, L. Marotti, S. Wollstadt, and A. Reigber. TOPS Interferometry With TerraSAR-X. Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on, 50(8):3179-3188, August 2012. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, TOPS, Terrain Observation by Progressive Scans, Doppler radar, geophysical image processing, image registration, radar imaging, radar interferometry, remote sensing by radar, synthetic aperture radar, Doppler centroid, SAR interferometry, TOPS imaging mode, TOPS interferometry, TerraSAR-X, Terrain Observation by Progressive Scans imaging mode, accurate interferometric products, azimuth coregistration performance, burst edges, coregistration accuracy, repeat pass TOPS data, squint effects, stripmap interferometric data, Accuracy, Azimuth, Doppler effect, Electrostatic discharges, Estimation, Orbits, Thyristors, Coregistration, SAR interferometry, TOPS interferometry, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), terrain observation by progressive scans (TOPS). [bibtex-entry]

Conference articles

1. Marc Rodriguez-Cassola, Pau Prats-Iraola, Paco López-Dekker, Andreas Reigber, Gerhard Krieger, and Alberto Moreira. Autonomous time and phase calibration of spaceborne bistatic SAR systems. In EUSAR 2014; 10th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar; Proceedings of, pages 1-4, June 2014. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



2. Marc Rodriguez-Cassola, Pau Prats-Iraola, Francesco De Zan, Rolf Scheiber, and Andreas Reigber. Doppler-related focusing aspects in the TOPS imaging mode. In Proc. IEEE Int. Geosci. Remote Sens. Symp., pages 2043-2046, July 2013. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, TOPS, Terrain Observation by Progressive Scans, geophysical techniques, synthetic aperture radar, Doppler spectrum, ScanSAR, TOPS-mode SAR data focusing, TOPS-mode synthetic aperture radar data, Terrain Observation by Progressive Scans mode, azimuth baseband scaling operation, azimuth scaling factors, extended chirp scaling processing procedure, full-aperture imaging approach, limited azimuth-data extension, residual TOPS raw-data focusing, sliding spotlight SAR data focusing, spaceborne imaging mode, two-step focusing technique, wide-swath coverage, Azimuth, Bandwidth, Doppler effect, Focusing, Image resolution, Remote sensing, Aliasing, Terrain Observation by Progressive Scans (TOPS), deramp, extended chirp scaling, synthetic aperture radar (SAR). [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]

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