Publications of Fabio Rocca

Books and proceedings

1. Alessandro Ferretti, Andrea Monti-Guarnieri, Claudio Prati, Fabio Rocca, and Didier Massonnet. InSAR Principles: Guidelines for SAR Interferometry Processing and Interpretation, Part A: Interferometric SAR image processing and interpretation. ESA, 2007. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, InSAR, SAR Interferometry, Interferometry, ESA, ESA-TM-19. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



2. Alessandro Ferretti, Andrea Monti-Guarnieri, Claudio Prati, Fabio Rocca, and Didier Massonnet. InSAR Principles: Guidelines for SAR Interferometry Processing and Interpretation, Part B: InSAR processing: a practical approach. ESA, 2007. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, InSAR, SAR Interferometry, Interferometry, ESA, ESA-TM-19. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



3. Alessandro Ferretti, Andrea Monti-Guarnieri, Claudio Prati, Fabio Rocca, and Didier Massonnet. InSAR Principles: Guidelines for SAR Interferometry Processing and Interpretation, Part C: InSAR processing: a mathematical approach. ESA, 2007. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, InSAR, SAR Interferometry, Interferometry, ESA, ESA-TM-19. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]

Articles in journal or book chapters

1. Davide Giudici, Pietro Guccione, Marco Manzoni, Andrea Monti Guarnieri, and Fabio Rocca. Compact and Free-Floating Satellite MIMO SAR Formations. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 60:1-12, 2022. Keyword(s): SAR Formation, MIMO, Spaceborne SAR, Multistatic SAR. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



2. Fabio Rocca, Deren Li, Stefano Tebaldini, Mingsheng Liao, Lu Zhang, Fabrizio Lombardini, Timo Balz, Norbert Haala, Xiaoli Ding, and Ramon Hanssen. Three- and Four-Dimensional Topographic Measurement and Validation. Remote Sensing, 13(15), 2021. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Synthetic Aperture Radar, Interferometry, SAR Interferometry, Persistent Scatterer Interferometry, PSI, SAR Tomography, Tomography, TomoSAR, 3-D imaging, temporal decorrelation, deformation, validation, surface displacements, topographic mapping. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



3. Andrea Monti-Guarnieri, Fabio Rocca, and Stefano Tebaldini. SAR interferometry. In Novel Radar Techniques and Applications Volume 1: Real Aperture Array Radar, Imaging Radar, and Passive and Multistatic Radar, Radar, Sonar and Navigation, pages 265-312. Institution of Engineering and Technology, October 2017. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, SAR Interferometry, InSAR, DInSAR, digital elevation models, land monitoring, passive bistatic companions, infrastructure monitoring, multibaseline acquisitions, mechanical stability, performance evaluation, interferometric data processing, electromagnetic wave penetration, radar signals, SAR interferometry, solid Earth monitoring, differential InSAR stacks processing, single-baseline acquisitions, persistent scatterers, SAR tomography, geosynchronous SAR. [bibtex-entry]



4. Andrea Monti Guarnieri and Fabio Rocca. Options for continuous radar Earth observations. Science China Information Sciences, 60(6), May 2017. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, geostationary, geostationary SAR, geosynchronous, geosynchronous SAR, Spaceborne SAR. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



5. S. Tebaldini, F. Rocca, M. Mariotti d'Alessandro, and L. Ferro-Famil. Phase Calibration of Airborne Tomographic SAR Data via Phase Center Double Localization. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 54(3):1775-1792, March 2016. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, SAR tomography, Apertures, Calibration, Focusing, Sensors, Surfaces, Synthetic aperture radar, Tomography, Distributed media, phase calibration, reconstruction algorithms, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), tomography. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



6. Mauro Mariotti d' Alessandro, Stefano Tebaldini, and Fabio Rocca. Phenomenology of Ground Scattering in a Tropical Forest Through Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar Tomography. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 51(8):4430-4437, August 2013. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Biomass, SAR Tomography, Tomography, Polarimetry, Polarimetric synthetic aperture radar, SAR Interferometry, Interferometry, Multibaseline Interferometry, digital signal processing, forest, longer wavelength radar, P-Band, Airborne SAR, Paracou, French Guyana, ONERA, SETHI, TropiSAR, ESA. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



7. A. Rucci, A. Ferretti, A. Monti Guarnieri, and F. Rocca. Sentinel-1 SAR interferometry applications: The outlook for sub millimeter measurements. Remote Sensing of Environment, 120:156 - 163, 2012. Note: The Sentinel Missions - New Opportunities for Science. Keyword(s): Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), INSAR, Permanent scatterers, Ground deformation. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



8. Stefano Tebaldini and Fabio Rocca. Multibaseline Polarimetric SAR Tomography of a Boreal Forest at P- and L-Bands. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 50(1):232-246, January 2012. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, SAR Tomography, Tomography, ESA campaign BioSAR, Krycklan River catchment, L-band analysis, Northern Sweden, P-band analysis, PolInSAR approach, algebraic synthesis technique, boreal forest, direct volume backscattering process, ground-volume interaction process, multibaseline polarimetric SAR tomography, multipolarimetric data acquisition, polarimetric analysis, remote sensing, single-baseline data analysis, tomographic analysis, tomographic imaging method, vegetation layer analysis, backscatter, data acquisition, forestry, radar interferometry, radar polarimetry, remote sensing by radar, rivers, synthetic aperture radar, tomography, vegetation mapping;. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



9. A. Ferretti, A. Fumagalli, F. Novali, C. Prati, F. Rocca, and A. Rucci. A New Algorithm for Processing Interferometric Data-Stacks: SqueeSAR. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 49(9):3460-3470, September 2011. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Persistent Scatterer Interferometry, PSI, Alpine area, PSInSAR, SqueeSAR, city, coherence matrix, coherent radar targets, distributed scatterers, geophysical parameters, high phase stability, interferograms, interferometric data-stacks processing algorithm, man-made objects, permanent scatterer SAR interferometry, point-wise objects, statistical behavior, data analysis, geophysical techniques, radar interferometry, radar signal processing, remote sensing by radar, synthetic aperture radar;. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



10. Guido Gatti, Stefano Tebaldini, Mauro Mariotti d'Alessandro, and Fabio Rocca. ALGAE: A Fast Algebraic Estimation of Interferogram Phase Offsets in Space-Varying Geometries. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 49(6):2343-2353, June 2011. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, SAR Tomography, Tomography, ALGAE, DLR, E-SAR airborne system, ESA BIOSAR 2008 campaign, European Space Agency, Experimental SAR airborne system, German Aerospace Center, P-band data set, airborne multipass interferometric campaigns, data stack phase locking, incidence angle sensitivity, interferogram phase offset algebraic estimation, interferogram phase offset compensation, multipass InSAR analysis, null space component identification, space varying geometries, synthetic aperture radar interferometry, system geometry space varying nature, system geometry variation, terrain topography estimation, terrain topography retrieval, geophysical signal processing, linear algebra, radar interferometry, radar signal processing, remote sensing by radar, synthetic aperture radar, terrain mapping, topography (Earth);. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



11. A. Ferretti, G. Savio, R. Barzaghi, A. Borghi, S. Musazzi, F. Novali, C. Prati, and F. Rocca. Submillimeter Accuracy of InSAR Time Series: Experimental Validation. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 45(5):1142-1153, May 2007. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Persistent Scatterer Interferometry, PSI, Validation, reflector, deformation, displacement, ground motion, Envisat acquisition, GPS data, InSAR time series, Radarsat acquisition, dihedral reflectors, interferometric synthetic aperture radar, submillimeter accuracy, radar interferometry, remote sensing by radar, synthetic aperture radar, time series. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



12. Fabio Rocca. Modeling Interferogram Stacks. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 45(10):3289-3299, October 2007. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, PSI, Persistent Scatterer Interferometry, Differential SAR Interferometry, D-InSAR, InSAR, SAR Interferometry, Interferometry, Decorrelation, Temporal Decorrelation, C-band measurement, DInSAR, ERS-1 data, Italy, Rome, agricultural areas, differential interferometric SAR, distributed targets, geometrical decorrelation, interferogram stack modeling, permanent scatterers, progressive ground motion, progressively decorrelating targets, sinusoidal ground motion, synthetic aperture radar interferometry, temporal decorrelation, radiowave interferometry, remote sensing by radar, synthetic aperture radar, vegetation mapping;. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



13. Daniele Perissin and Fabio Rocca. High-Accuracy Urban DEM Using Permanent Scatterers. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 44(11):3338-3347, November 2006. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Persistent Scatterer Interferometry, PSI, SAR Interferometry, InSAR, DInSAR, Interferometry, Area measurement, Cities and towns, Decorrelation, Digital elevation models, Interferometry, Monitoring, Radar detection, Radar scattering, Synthetic aperture radar, Volcanoes, building, interferometry, remote sensing by radar, synthetic aperture radar, terrain mapping, topography (Earth), Milan, building profile, city street level, digital elevation model, ground deformations monitoring, high-accuracy urban DEM, interferometry, permanent scatterers, slow-landslide detection, spatial density grid, subsidence, synthetic aperture radar, terrain mapping, urban elevation maps, volcano monitoring, Interferometry, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), terrain mapping, urban areas;. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



14. Alessandro Ferretti, Marco Bianchi, Claudio Prati, and Fabio Rocca. Higher-Order Permanent Scatterers Analysis. EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, 2005(20):609604, 2005. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, PSI, Persistent Scatterer Interferometry, Differential SAR Interferometry, SAR Tomography, Permanent scatterers, geodesy, geophysical techniques, remote sensing by radar, synthetic aperture radar, terrain mapping, topography (Earth)InSAR, SAR interferometry, atmospheric disturbance, atmospheric phase screen, differential interferometry, geometrical decorrelation, geophysical measurement technique, land surface topography, permanent scatterer, radar remote sensing, stable natural reflector, surface deformation monitoring, topographic profile reconstruction. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



15. C. Colesanti, A. Ferretti, F. Novali, C. Prati, and F. Rocca. SAR monitoring of progressive and seasonal ground deformation using the permanent scatterers technique. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 41(7):1685-1701, July 2003. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Persistent Scatterer Interferometry, PSI, California, Fremont, SAR, San Jose, Santa Clara Valley, Southern Bay Area, USA, United States, coseismic displacement, differential radar interferometry, geodesy, geodetic deformation, geophysical measurement technique, land surface, permanent scatterer, phase decorrelation, postseismic displacement, progressive deformation, radar remote sensing, seasonal ground deformation, spaceborne radar, subsidence, synthetic aperture radar, terrain mapping, geodesy, geophysical techniques, radar theory, remote sensing by radar, spaceborne radar, synthetic aperture radar, terrain mapping;. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



16. A. Ferretti, C. Prati, and F. Rocca. Permanent scatterers in SAR interferometry. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 39(1):8-20, 2001. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, PSI, Persistent Scatterer Interferometry, Differential SAR Interferometry, Permanent scatterers, geodesy, geophysical techniques, remote sensing by radar, synthetic aperture radar, terrain mapping, topography (Earth)InSAR, SAR interferometry, atmospheric disturbance, atmospheric phase screen, differential interferometry, geometrical decorrelation, geophysical measurement technique, land surface topography, permanent scatterer, radar remote sensing, stable natural reflector, surface deformation monitoring, topographic profile reconstruction. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



17. A. Ferretti, C. Prati, and F. Rocca. Nonlinear subsidence rate estimation using permanent scatterers in differential SAR interferometry. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 38(5):2202 -2212, September 2000. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Persistent, Scatterer Interferometry, PSI, deformation measurement, displacement measurement, InSAR, absidence, atmospheric phase contribution, differential SAR interferometry, downlift, geodesy, geophysical measurement technique, nonlinear motion, nonlinear subsidence rate estimation, permanent scatterer, phase unwrapping, radar remote sensing, subsidence, synthetic aperture radar, tectonics, terrain mapping, uplift, urban area, geodesy, geophysical techniques, remote sensing by radar, synthetic aperture radar, tectonics, terrain mapping;. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



18. Fabio Gatelli, Andrea Monti-Guarnieri, Francesco Parizzi, Paolo Pasquali, Claudio Prati, and Fabio Rocca. The wavenumber shift in SAR interferometry. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 32(4):855-865, July 1994. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, SAR Interferometry, Interferometry, InSAR, Range Spectral Filter, geophysical techniques, remote sensing by radar, synthetic aperture radar, TINSAR, decorrelation reduction, Baseline Decorrelation, geophysical measurement technique, ground wavenumber spectra, land surface, local slope, low noise interferogram, off-nadir angle, phase unwrapping, quick-look interferogram, radar imaging, range resolution enhancement, relative shift, remote sensing, spectral shift, terrain mapping, wavenumber shift. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



19. Claudio Prati and Fabio Rocca. Improving slant-range resolution with multiple SAR surveys. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 29(1):135-143, January 1993. Keyword(s): aerospace instrumentation, microwave imaging, radar systems, synthetic aperture radar, SAR interferometry, across-track resolution, data rate constraints, microwave imaging, multiple SAR surveys, multiple surveys, off-nadir angles, slant-range resolution, spaceborne synthetic aperture radar, spaceborne trajectories, Antenna measurements, Azimuth, Extraterrestrial measurements, Image resolution, Pulse measurements, Pulse modulation, Radar antennas, Signal resolution, Spaceborne radar, Synthetic aperture radar. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



20. Claudio Prati and Fabio Rocca. Focusing SAR Data With Time-Varying Doppler Centroid. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 30(3):550-559, May 1992. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Doppler Centroid, Doppler Centroid Estimation, Clutterlock. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



21. Ciro Cafforio, Claudio Prati, and Fabio Rocca. SAR Data Focusing Using Seismic Migration Techniques. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 27(2):194-207, March 1991. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Range Migration Algorithm, omega-k, Wavenumber Domain Algorithm, Stationary Phase Method. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



22. Claudio Prati, Fabio Rocca, Yuval Kost, and Elvio Damonti. Blind Deconvolution for Doppler Centroid Estimation in High Frequency SAR. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 29(6):934-941, November 1991. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Doppler Centroid, Doppler Centroid Estimation, Doppler Ambiguity Resolver, DAR, Clutterlock. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



23. Claudio Prati, Fabio Rocca, Andrea Monti-Guarnieri, and Elvio Damonti. Seismic Migration For Sar Focusing: Interferometrical Applications. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 28(4):627-640, July 1990. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Wavenumber Domain Algorithm, omega-k, Range Migration Algorithm, Interferometry. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



24. Fabio Rocca. Synthetic Aperture Radar: a New Application for Wave Equation Techniques. Stanford Exploration Project SEP-56, pp 167-189, 1987. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Range Migration Algorithm, omega-k, Wavenumber Domain Algorithm, Seismic Migration Techniques. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]

Conference articles

1. Stefano Tebaldini and Fabio Rocca. On the impact of propagation disturbances on SAR Tomography: Analysis and compensation. In IEEE Radar Conference, pages 1-6, May 2009. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, SAR Tomography, Tomography, PSI, Persistent Scatterer Interferometry, Differential SAR Interferometry. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



2. Stefano Tebaldini and Fabio Rocca. Polarimetric Options for SAR Tomography of Forested Areas. In Proc. of PolInSAR - 4th Int. Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry, Frascati, Italy, January 2009. ESA SP-668. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, SAR Tomography, Tomography, E-SAR, P-Band. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



3. Stefano Tebaldini, Fabio Rocca, and A Monti-Guarnieri. Model Based SAR Tomography of Forested Areas. In IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, volume 2, pages 593-596, July 2008. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, SAR Tomography, Tomography, E-SAR, P-Band. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



4. C. Colesanti, A. Ferretti, C. Prati, and F. Rocca. Multi-image satellite SAR interferometry: state of the art and future trends. In Proc. Int. Radar Conf., pages 239-244, September 2003. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, InSAR, SAR Interferometry, PSI, Persistent Scatterer Interferometry, Differential SAR Interferometry, electromagnetic wave scattering, radar imaging, remote sensing by radar, spaceborne radar, synthetic aperture radar, ground deformation data, high precision elevation data, multi-image satellite SAR interferometry, permanent scatterers technique, spaceborne interferometric SAR images, sparse privileged point-wise radar target grid. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



5. Andrea Monti-Guarnieri, Fabio Rocca, Pietro Guccione, and Ciro Cafforio. Optimal Interferometric ScanSAR Focusing. In IGARSS '99, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, volume 3, pages 1718-1720, 1999. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Interferometry, ScanSAR, Focusing. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



6. F. Gatelli, Andrea Monti-Guarnieri, Claudio Prati, and Fabio Rocca. Medium resolution efficient phase preserving focusing for interferometry. In IGARSS '96, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, volume 1, pages 671-673, 1996. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Presumming, Interferometry, geophysical signal processing, geophysical techniques, image processing, image resolution, radar imaging, radar signal processing, synthetic aperture radar, SAR imagery, SAR interferometry, Unix Workstations, algorithm, coherence map, geophysical measurement technique, geophysics computing, image pair, land surface, medium resolution efficient phase preserving focusing, radar remote sensing, real time method, strip-map SAR interferogram, terrain mapping. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



7. P. Pasquali, C. Prati, F. Rocca, M. Seymour, J. Fortuny, E. Ohlmer, and A.J. Sieber. A 3-D SAR experiment with EMSL data. In Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International, volume 1, pages 784-786, 1995. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Tomography, SAR Tomography, radar applications, radar imaging, remote sensing by radar, synthetic aperture radar, topography (Earth), EMSL, European Microwave Signature Laboratory o, JRC, geodesy, geophysical measurement technique, horizontal slice, interferometric SAR image, land surface topography, multi-baseline SAR, radar remote sensing, target reconstruction, terrain mapping, three dimensional structure. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]

Internal reports

1. Shaun Quegan, Thuy Le Toan, Jérôme Chave, Jorgen Dall, Konstantinos P. Papathanassiou, Fabio Rocca, Lars Ulander, and Mathew Williams. Report for Mission Selection: Biomass. Technical report SP-1324/1 (3 volume series), ESA, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, May 2012. Keyword(s): BIOMASS, BIOMASS MISSION, ESA, European Space Agency, P-Band, Spaceborne SAR, SAR. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



2. Fabio Rocca, Claudio Prati, and Andrea Monti-Guarnieri. New Algorithms for Processing of SAR Data. ESA Contract Report, ESRIN Contract no. 7998/88/F/FL(SC), 1989. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Range Migration Algorithm, omega-k, Wavenumber Domain Algorithm, Range-Doppler Algorithm, Secondary Range Compression, Comparison of Algorithms. [bibtex-entry]

Miscellaneous

1. A. Colettaa, D. De Lisle, A. Moreira, A. Freeman, M. Shimada, T. Ainsworth, Konstatinos Papathanassiou, S. R. Cloude, P. Dubois-Fernandez, P. Lombardo, G. Trianni, K. Raney, A. Minchella, F. Charbonneau, L. Ferro-Famil, D. Floricioiu, S. Lehner, Irena Hajnsek, Ridha Touzi, Wolfgang Martin Boerner, Eric Pottier, and Fabio Rocca. Summaries and Recommendations of the POLInSAR 2009 Workshop, January 2009. [bibtex-entry]

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