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Publications of year 2016

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  1. Homa Ansari, Francesco De Zan, Alessandro Parizzi, Michael Eineder, Kanika Goel, and Nico Adam. Measuring 3-D Surface Motion With Future SAR Systems Based on Reflector Antennae. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 13(2):272-276, February 2016. Keyword(s): artificial satellites, radar interferometry, reflector antennas, remote sensing by radar, synthetic aperture radar, 3D surface motion measurement, SAR system, reflector antennae, interferometric synthetic aperture radar, 1D line-of-sight motion measurement, left-looking observation, right-looking observation, SAR acquisition mode, BiDiSAR, SuperSAR, electronic beam steering, squinted SAR geometry, satellite constellation, data processing, Synthetic aperture radar, Orbits, Geometry, Satellites, Motion measurement, Antenna measurements, Sensitivity, Azimuth shifts, error analysis, interferometric SAR (InSAR), SAR acquisition geometry, squinted SAR, 3-D surface motion, Azimuth shifts, error analysis, interferometric SAR (InSAR), SAR acquisition geometry, squinted SAR, 3-D surface motion. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  2. F. Banda, J. Dall, and S. Tebaldini. Single and Multipolarimetric P-Band SAR Tomography of Subsurface Ice Structure. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 54(5):2832-2845, May 2016. Keyword(s): glaciology, remote sensing by radar, synthetic aperture radar, multipolarimetric P-band SAR tomography, subsurface ice structure, multipolarization synthetic aperture radar, glaciers, ice sheets, Earth Explorer mission BIOMASS, IceSAR 2012, TomoSAR techniques, southwest of Greenland, cryospheric remote sensing, Synthetic aperture radar, Ice, Tomography, Estimation, Image resolution, Scattering, BIOMASS, cryosphere, Greenland, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), tomography, BIOMASS, cryosphere, Greenland, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), tomography. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  3. David P. S. Bekaert, P. Segall, Tim J. Wright, and Andrew J. Hooper. A Network Inversion Filter combining GNSS and InSAR for tectonic slip modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 121(3):2069-2086, March 2016. [bibtex-entry]


  4. Alessandra Budillon and Gilda Schirinzi. GLRT Based on Support Estimation for Multiple Scatterers Detection in SAR Tomography. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 9(3):1086-1094, March 2016. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, SAR Tomography, radar detection, radar receivers, radar resolution, synthetic aperture radar, tomography, GLRT detector, ROC curve, SAR tomography, Sup-GLRT, elevation direction, generalized likelihood ratio test detector, multiple scatterer detection, nominal system resolution, nominal system super-resolution, receiver operating characteristic curve, signal sparsity, signal support detection operation, signal support estimation operation, signal-to-noise ratio, subspace energy measurement, synthetic aperture radar, Earth, Estimation, Signal resolution, Spatial resolution, Synthetic aperture radar, Tomography, Generalized likelihood ratio test (GLRT), radar detection, sparse signals, synthetic aperture radar (SAR). [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  5. Mariko S. Burgin, Uday K. Khankhoje, Xueyang Duan, and Mahta Moghaddam. Generalized Terrain Topography in Radar Scattering Models. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 54(7):3944-3952, July 2016. Keyword(s): terrain mapping, topography (Earth), vegetation, N-layered soil structure, evergreen forest, extended boundary condition method, modular model, multilayered multispecies vegetation model, overlying vegetation, radar scattering models, radar wave interactions, terrain topography, topographic slopes, Backscatter, Radar, Radar scattering, Surface topography, Vegetation mapping, Electromagnetic scattering, modeling, radar terrain factors, remote sensing, vegetation. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  6. Mariko S. Burgin and Jakob J. van Zyl. Analysis of Polarimetric Radar Data and Soil Moisture From Aquarius: Towards a Regression-Based Soil Moisture Estimation Algorithm. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 9(8):3497-3504, August 2016. Keyword(s): Backscatter, Data models, Estimation, L-band, Radar, Soil moisture, Vegetation mapping, Moisture, polarimetric radar, soil, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), time series. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  7. Ning Cao, Hyongki Lee, and H. C. Jung. A Phase-Decomposition-Based PSInSAR Processing Method. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 54(2):1074-1090, February 2016. Keyword(s): radar interferometry, synthetic aperture radar, coherence, distributed scatterer, eigendecomposition, measurement points, multiple scattering mechanisms, persistent scatterer network density, phase-decomposition-based persistent scatterer InSAR method, spatial density, Coherence, Covariance matrices, Decision support systems, Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions, Synthetic aperture radar, Urban areas, Differential interferometric synthetic aperture radar (DInSAR), distributed scatterer (DS) interferometry, persistent scatterer (PS) interferometry (PSI), synthetic aperture radar (SAR). [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  8. S. K. Chan, R. Bindlish, P. E. O'Neill, E. Njoku, T. Jackson, A. Colliander, F. Chen, Mariko S. Burgin, S. Dunbar, J. Piepmeier, S. Yueh, D. Entekhabi, M. H. Cosh, T. Caldwell, J. Walker, X. Wu, A. Berg, T. Rowlandson, A. Pacheco, H. McNairn, M. Thibeault, J. Martinez-Fernandez, Angel Gonzalez-Zamora, M. Seyfried, D. Bosch, P. Starks, D. Goodrich, J. Prueger, M. Palecki, E. E. Small, M. Zreda, J. C. Calvet, W. T. Crow, and Y. Kerr. Assessment of the SMAP Passive Soil Moisture Product. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 54(8):4994-5007, August 2016. Keyword(s): hydrological techniques, moisture, remote sensing by radar, soil, L-band radar, L-band radiometer, Level 2 Passive Soil Moisture Product, NASA Distributed Active Archive Center at the National Snow and Ice Data Center, NASA SMAP satellite mission, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, SMAP Passive Soil Moisture product, V-pol Single Channel Algorithm, freeze-thaw state, high-resolution soil moisture global mapping, radar irrecoverable hardware failure, radiometer-only soil moisture product, soil moisture estimates, soil moisture retrievals, Agriculture, Data models, Microwave radiometry, NASA, Soil moisture, Spatial resolution, Brightness temperature, L-band, Level 2 Passive Soil Moisture Product, Level 3 Daily Composite Version, Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP), land emission, passive microwave remote sensing, soil moisture, tau-omega model, validation. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  9. Michele Crosetto, Oriol Monserrat, Marìa Cuevas-González, Núria Devanthéry, and Bruno Crippa. Persistent Scatterer Interferometry: A review. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 115:78-89, 2016. Note: Theme issue State-of-the-art in photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information science. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Persistent Scatterer Interferometry, PSI, Remote sensing, Radar, SAR, Monitoring, Deformation. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  10. Brent G. Delbridge, Roland Bürgmann, Eric Fielding, Scott Hensley, and William H. Schulz. Three-dimensional surface deformation derived from airborne interferometric UAVSAR: Application to the Slumgullion Landslide. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 121(5):3951-3977, 2016. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, UAVSAR, landslide, Slumgullion, InSAR, geodesy, inversion, DInSAR, Airborne DInSAR, Surface Displacement, Deformation, Airborne SAR, L-band. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  11. G. Gomba, A. Parizzi, F. De Zan, M. Eineder, and R. Bamler. Toward Operational Compensation of Ionospheric Effects in SAR Interferograms: The Split-Spectrum Method. IEEE_J_GRS, 54(3):1446-1461, March 2016. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, split-spectrum, split-spectrum interferometry, split-band, split-band interferometry, ionospheric electromagnetic wave propagation, synthetic aperture radar, L-band interferograms, L-band synthetic aperture radar interferometric pairs, SAR interferograms, advanced land observing satellite phased-array, differential ionospheric path delay, geophysical processes, ground deformation signals, ionospheric effects operational compensation, ionospheric phase, split-spectrum method, tropospheric path delay, Accuracy, Azimuth, Coherence, Delays, Estimation, Ionosphere, Synthetic aperture radar, Interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR), ionosphere estimation, split spectrum, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) ionospheric effects. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  12. Scott Hensley, D. Moller, S. Oveisgharan, T. Michel, and X. Wu. Ka-Band Mapping and Measurements of Interferometric Penetration of the Greenland Ice Sheets by the GLISTIN Radar. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 9(6):2436-2450, June 2016. Keyword(s): Global Positioning System, geophysical image processing, hydrological techniques, ice, image segmentation, meteorological radar, optical radar, radar interferometry, snow, synthetic aperture radar, topography (Earth), Antarctica, Earth environment, GLISTIN elevation measurement, GLISTIN instrument, GLISTIN radar, Greenland ice sheet, Jakobshavn glacier area, Ka-band cross-track interferometric radar, Ka-band mapping, NASA GLISTIN Ka-band interferometric radar, NASA Wallop airborne terrain mapper lidar measurement, climate change, ice cap topography, ice surface topography, image mosaic, interferometric penetration, interferometric penetration measurement, interferometric radar mapping system, kinematic GPS survey measurement, lidar, optical system, swath topographic measurement, Ice, Instruments, Laser radar, Sea measurements, Snow, Surfaces, Glaciers, Ka-band, ice sheets, interferometry, penetration, radar. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  13. S. Leinss, H. Löwe, M. Proksch, J. Lemmetyinen, A. Wiesmann, and I. Hajnsek. Anisotropy of seasonal snow measured by polarimetric phase differences in radar time series. The Cryosphere, 10:1771-1797, 2016. Keyword(s): snow, anisotropy, SnowScat, polarimetric, copolar phase difference CPD.. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  14. J. Lemmetyinen, A. Kontu, J. Pulliainen, J. Vehviläinen, K. Rautiainen, A. Wiesmann, C. Mätzler, C. Werner, H. Rott, T. Nagler, M. Schneebeli, M. Proksch, D. Schüttemeyer, M. Kern, and M. W. J. Davidson. Nordic Snow Radar Experiment. Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems, 5(2):403-415, 2016. [bibtex-entry]


  15. C. Lin, B. Rommen, N. Floury, D. Schüttemeyer, M. W. J. Davidson, M. Kern, A. Kontu, J. Lemmetyinen, J. Pulliainen, A. Wiesmann, C. L. Werner, C. Mätzler, M. Schneebeli, M. Proksch, and T. Nagler. Active Microwave Scattering Signature of Snowpack---Continuous Multiyear SnowScat Observation Experiments. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 9(8):3849-3869, August 2016. Keyword(s): remote sensing by radar, snow, snowpack active microwave scattering signature, multiyear SnowScat observation experiment, European Space Agency SnowScat instrument, aperture scatterometer, gamma remote sensing AG, AD 2009 02, Weissfluhjoch, Davos, Switzerland, alpine snowpack, snowpack physical characterization, Sodankyla, Finland, AD 2009 11, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Lapland, passive microwave observation, winter season, time-domain snow profiling experiment, snow microstructure, snow metamorphism, snow depth, snow-water-equivalent, frequency 9.15 GHz to 17.9 GHz, Snow, Instruments, Microstructure, Spaceborne radar, Backscatter, Microwave radiometry, Microwave backscatter, radar remote sensing, scatterometer, snow microstructure, snowpack, snow-water-equivalent (SWE), time-domain profiling. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  16. Fabrizio Lombardini and Federico Viviani. Single-look light-burden superresolution differential SAR tomography. Electronics Letters, 52(7):557-558, 2016. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, SAR Tomography, persistent scatterer interferometry, PSI, DInSAR, multibaseline interferometry, interferometric stacking, deformation monitoring, subsidence monitoring, urban remote sensing, array signal processing, image sampling, radar imaging, radar interferometry, radar resolution, spectral analysis, synthetic aperture radar, 2D baseline-time spectral analysis framework, adaptive 2D spectral estimation, coherent multilooking processing, complex nonstationary scenes, complex-valued synthetic aperture radar data, elevation beamforming, full range-azimuth resolution products, full-3D imaging, height-velocity sidelobe reduction, layover scatterers, mature differential interferometry, multibaseline interferometry, satellites, single-look adaptive Diff-Tomo processor, single-look light-burden superresolution differential SAR tomography, sparse sampling, spatial spectral estimation. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  17. Paco Lopez-Dekker, Marc Rodriguez-Cassola, Francesco De Zan, Gerhard Krieger, and Alberto Moreira. Correlating Synthetic Aperture Radar (CoSAR). IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 54(4):2268-2284, April 2016. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, geosynchronous SAR, geosynchronous orbit, Correlating SAR, CoSAR, Doppler effect, Doppler radar, Radar imaging, Sea surface, Surface topography, Synthetic aperture radar, Bistatic radar, ocean currents, sea level, sea surface, synthetic aperture radar, van Cittert-Zernike. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  18. Jun Maeda, Takato Suzuki, Masato Furuya, and Kosuke Heki. Imaging the midlatitude sporadic E plasma patches with a coordinated observation of spaceborne InSAR and GPS total electron content. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(4):1419-1425, 2016. Keyword(s): sporadic E, GPS, total electron content, synthetic aperture radar, Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  19. Christophe Magnard, Max Frioud, David Small, Thorsten Brehm, and Erich Meier. Analysis of a Maximum Likelihood Phase Estimation Method for Airborne Multibaseline SAR Interferometry. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 9(3):1072-1085, March 2016. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, SAR Interferometry, InSAR, Multibaseline Interferometry, Ka-band, Airborne SAR, Single-pass Multibaseline Interferometry, airborne radar, image texture, maximum likelihood estimation, millimetre wave radar, motion compensation, phase estimation, radar imaging, radar interferometry, synthetic aperture radar, C2F algorithm, ML method, airborne multibaseline SAR interferometry, calibration steps, coarse-to-fine algorithm, cross-track multibaseline synthetic aperture radar interferometric data, experimental Ka-band multibaseline system, homogeneous texture, imperfect motion compensation, maximum likelihood phase estimation method, noise level, Antenna measurements, Antennas, Calibration, Maximum likelihood estimation, Motion compensation, Phase estimation, Synthetic aperture radar, Interferometry, Ka-band, maximum likelihood (ML), millimeter wave radar, millimeterwave experimental multifrequency polarimetric high-resolution interferometric system (MEMPHIS), multibaseline, phase unwrapping, synthetic aperture radar (SAR). [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  20. Timothy M. Marston and Jermaine L. Kennedy. Volumetric Acoustic Imaging via Circular Multipass Aperture Synthesis. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 41(4):852-867, October 2016. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, SAR Tomography, SAS Tomography, Synthetic Aperture Sonar, SAS, Synthetic Aperture Radar, Circular SAR, Circular SAS, Apertures, Arrays, Navigation, Synthetic aperture radar, Synthetic aperture sonar, Tomography, Compressive sensing, multipass sonar, synthetic aperture sonar (SAS), tomography, volumetric imaging. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  21. T. G. Michael, B. Marchand, J. D. Tucker, T. M. Marston, D. D. Sternlicht, and M. R. Azimi-Sadjadi. Image-Based Automated Change Detection for Synthetic Aperture Sonar by Multistage Coregistration and Canonical Correlation Analysis. IEEE_J_OE, 41(3):592-612, July 2016. Keyword(s): backscatter, image registration, sonar imaging, synthetic aperture sonar, transforms, backscattered signals, canonical correlation analysis, image-based automated change detection, multistage coregistration, scale-invariant feature transform algorithm, scene coherence, Change detection algorithms, Coherence, Correlation, Navigation, Surges, Synthetic aperture sonar, Automated change detection, canonical correlation analysis (CCA), coherent change detection, coregistration, synthetic aperture sonar (SAS). [bibtex-entry]


  22. J. Pan, M. Durand, M. Sandells, J. Lemmetyinen, E. J. Kim, J. Pulliainen, A. Kontu, and C. Derksen. Differences Between the HUT Snow Emission Model and MEMLS and Their Effects on Brightness Temperature Simulation. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 54(4):2001-2019, April 2016. Keyword(s): radiative transfer, remote sensing, snow, HUT snow emission model, Helsinki University of Technology, brightness temperature simulation, snow water equivalent retrieval algorithm, passive microwave measurement, multiple-layer HUT model, Microwave Emission Model of Layered Snowpacks, scattered intensity, radiative transfer equation, one-flux equation, two-flux theory, HUT scattering coefficient, trapped-radiation, natural snow cover, Sodankyla, Finland, Churchill, Canada, Colorado, USA, snow grain size was, deep snow, Born approximation, root-mean-square error, Snow, Mathematical model, Scattering, Grain size, Microwave theory and techniques, Ice, Correlation, Model comparison, passive microwave remote sensing, snow, Model comparison, passive microwave remote sensing, snow. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  23. M. Pieraccini and L. Miccinesi. ArcSAR for detecting target elevation. Electronics Letters, 52(18):1559-1561, 2016. Keyword(s): GB-SAR, ground-based SAR, terrestrial SAR, data acquisition, object detection, radar antennas, radar imaging, radar interferometry, remote sensing by radar, synthetic aperture radar, ArcSAR, digital elevation model generation, interferometric differential radar, rotating arm, spatial diversity, synthetic aperture radar, target elevation detection. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  24. 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]


  25. Martin Proksch, Nick Rutter, Charles Fierz, and Martin Schneebeli. Intercomparison of snow density measurements: bias, precision, and vertical resolution. The Cryosphere, 10(1):371-384, 2016. Keyword(s): Snow characterisation, snow density, density cutter, snow density retrieval, comparison of methods. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  26. A. Recchia, Andrea Monti Guarnieri, Antonio Broquetas, and Antonio Leanza. Impact of Scene Decorrelation on Geosynchronous SAR Data Focusing. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 54(3):1635-1646, March 2016. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, SAR focusing, autofocus, atmospheric phase, atmospheric phase screen, APS, decorrelation, temporal decorrelation, geostationary, geosynchronous, radar clutter, radar resolution, synthetic aperture radar, Billingsley intrinsic clutter motion model, GEOSAR signal-to-clutter ratio, azimuth resolution, clutter energy, geosynchronous SAR data focusing, ground based radar experiment, power spectral density, scene decorrelation, two-way propagation losses, Azimuth, Clutter, Decorrelation, Focusing, Synthetic aperture radar, Thyristors, Focusing, Geosynchronous Synthetic Aperture Radar (GEOSAR), scene decorrelation, wind-blown clutter. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  27. Jamal Saeedi and Karim Faez. A back-projection autofocus algorithm based on flight trajectory optimization for synthetic aperture radar imaging. Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing, 27(2):411, April 2016. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  28. Muhammad Adnan Siddique, Urs Wegmuller, Irena Hajnsek, and Othmar Frey. Single-look SAR tomography as an add-on to PSI for improved deformation analysis in urban areas. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 54(10):6119-6137, 2016. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, SAR Tomography, persistent scatterer interferometry, PSI, DInSAR, multibaseline interferometry, interferometric stacking, deformation monitoring, subsidence monitoring, thermal dilation, urban, urban remote sensing, buildings, estimation, remote sensing, synthetic aperture radar, thermal expansion, tomography, urban areas, TerraSAR-X, Barcelona. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  29. N. Smitha, D. R. Ullas Bharadwaj, S. Abilash, S. N. Sridhara, and Vipula Singh. Kirchhoff and F-K migration to focus ground penetrating radar images. International Journal of Geo-Engineering, 7(1), April 2016. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  30. Xiaoshen Song and Weidong Yu. Processing video-SAR data with the fast backprojection method. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 52(6):2838-2848, December 2016. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Back-Projection, Time-Domain Back-Projection, TDBP, Fast-Factorized Back-Projection, FFBP, radar imaging, synthetic aperture radar, FBP algorithm, GR, Gotcha data set, O(N2 log N) complexity reduction, ROI, X-band SAR measurement, fast backprojection method, general region, image sequence, land-imaging mode, recursive procedure, region of interest, synthetic aperture radar, video framing, video-SAR data processing, video-SAR image formation, Apertures, Azimuth, Complexity theory, Image resolution, Radar imaging, Synthetic aperture radar, Time-domain analysis. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  31. 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]


  32. Jan Torgrimsson, Patrik Dammert, Hans Hellsten, and Lars M. H. Ulander. An Efficient Solution to the Factorized Geometrical Autofocus Problem. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 54(8):4732-4748, August 2016. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Autofocus, Fast-Factorized Back-Projection, FFBP, radar imaging, synthetic aperture radar, 6-D autofocus problem, FGA algorithm, adjustable geometry parameters, factorized back-projection formulation, factorized geometrical autofocus problem, geometrical variation, global autofocus solution, magnitude values, maximizing focus quality, peak-to-sidelobe ratio, point-like targets, synthetic-aperture-radar processing, ultrawideband CARABAS II data, Apertures, Geometry, Radar imaging, Radar tracking, Search problems, Synthetic aperture radar, Autofocus, back-projection, synthetic aperture radar (SAR). [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  33. Luigi Tosi, Cristina Da Lio, Tazio Strozzi, and Pietro Teatini. Combining L- and X-Band SAR Interferometry to Assess Ground Displacements in Heterogeneous Coastal Environments: The Po River Delta and Venice Lagoon, Italy. Remote Sensing, 8(4):308, 2016. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  34. André Twele, Wenxi Cao, Simon Plank, and Sandro Martinis. Sentinel-1-based flood mapping: a fully automated processing chain. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 37(13):2990-3004, 2016. Keyword(s): Sentinel-1, Flood Mapping. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  35. Viet Thuy Vu and Mats I. Pettersson. Fast Backprojection Algorithms Based on Subapertures and Local Polar Coordinates for General Bistatic Airborne SAR Systems. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 54(5):2706-2712, May 2016. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Back-Projection, Fast Back-Projection, Fast-Factorized Back-Projection, Azimuth Focusing, airborne radar, synthetic aperture radar, bistatic CARABAS-like data, fast backprojection algorithms, general bistatic airborne SAR systems, half-power beamwidths, image quality measurements, interpolation step, local polar coordinates, peak sidelobe ratio, subapertures, Image reconstruction, Receivers, Signal processing algorithms, Synthetic aperture radar, Time-domain analysis, Transmitters, Algorithm, bistatic, fast backprojection, polar coordinates, synthetic aperture radar (SAR). [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  36. Daniel E. Wahl, David A. Yocky, Charles V. Jakowatz, and Katherine M. Simonson. A New Maximum-Likelihood Change Estimator for Two-Pass SAR Coherent Change Detection. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 54(4):2460-2469, April 2016. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Coherent Change Detection, CCD, Synthetic aperture radar, Maximum likelihood estimation, Coherence, Charge coupled devices, Maximum likelihood detection, Clutter, Measurement, Coherent change detection, maximum likelihood estimator, radar interferometry, synthetic aperture radar, Coherent change detection, maximum likelihood estimator, radar interferometry, synthetic aperture radar. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  37. Urs Wegmuller, Charles L. Werner, Tazio Strozzi, Andreas Wiesmann, Othmar Frey, and Maurizio Santoro. Sentinel-1 Support in the GAMMA Software. Procedia Computer Science, 100:1305-1312, 2016. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Sentinel-1, Interferometry, SAR Interferometry, InSAR, persistent scatterer interferometry, PSI, offset tracking, split-beam interferometry, GAMMA Software. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  38. C. H. Yang, B. K. Kenduiywo, and U. Soergel. Change detection based on persistent scatterer interferometry - a new method of monitoring building changes. ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, III-7:243-250, 2016. Keyword(s): Persistent Scatterer Interferometry, PSI, Change Detection. [bibtex-entry]


  39. S. Zwieback and I. Hajnsek. Influence of Vegetation Growth on the Polarimetric Zero-Baseline DInSAR Phase Diversity ---Implications for Deformation Studies. IEEE_J_GRS, 54(5):3070-3082, May 2016. Keyword(s): crops, geophysical techniques, radar interferometry, radar polarimetry, remote sensing by radar, synthetic aperture radar, L-band zero-baseline data set, agricultural crop, barley, crop type, deformation study, differential SAR interferometry, displacement estimation, growing season, in situ observed biomass, maize, polarimetric DInSAR phase diversity, polarimetric coherence region, polarization diversity, sugar beet, vegetation canopy, vegetation effect, vegetation growth effect, wheat, zero-baseline DInSAR phase diversity, Coherence, Interferometry, Synthetic aperture radar, Systematics, Vegetation, Vegetation mapping, Birefringence, radar remote sensing, vegetation. [bibtex-entry]


  40. S. Zwieback, X. Liu, S. Antonova, B. Heim, A. Bartsch, J. Boike, and I. Hajnsek. A Statistical Test of Phase Closure to Detect Influences on DInSAR Deformation Estimates Besides Displacements and Decorrelation Noise: Two Case Studies in High-Latitude Regions. IEEE_J_GRS, 54(9):5588-5601, September 2016. Keyword(s): atmospheric precipitation, displacement measurement, geophysical techniques, radar interferometry, remote sensing by radar, snow, statistical analysis, synthetic aperture radar, DInSAR deformation estimates, Finland, Ku-band, Lena Delta, Russia, Sodankylä, X-band observations, decorrelation noise, differential interferometric synthetic aperture radar, high-latitude regions, ice-rich permafrost regions, phase measurement, snow metamorphism, statistical test, summer precipitation event, Decorrelation, Optical interferometry, Scattering, Snow, Synthetic aperture radar, Displacement measurement, interferometry, remote sensing, soil, statistics. [bibtex-entry]


Conference articles

  1. Simone Baffelli, Othmar Frey, Charles L. Werner, and Irena Hajnsek. System Characterization and Polarimetric Calibration of the Ku-Band Advanced Polarimetric Interferometer. In Proc. of EUSAR 2016 - 11th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, pages 735-740, June 2016. Keyword(s): Terrestrial Radar Interferometry, TRI, Ground-based radar, Interferometry, Polarimetry, Calibration, Pol-GPRI. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  2. T. J. Czernuszewicz, J. W. Homeister, M. C. Caughey, B. Y. Huang, E. R. Lee, C.A. Zamora, M. A. Farber, J. J. Fulton, P. F. Ford, W. A. Marston, R. Vallabhaneni, T. C. Nichols, and C. M. Gallippi. Carotid plaque characterization with ARFI imaging: Blinded reader study. In Proc. IEEE Int. Ultrasonics Symp., pages 1-4, September 2016. Keyword(s): acoustic imaging, biomedical ultrasonics, blood vessels, calcium, feature extraction, medical image processing, proteins, regression analysis, sensitivity analysis, ARFI Imaging, AUC, CEA, acoustic radiation force impulse imaging, area under the ROC curve, blinded reader study, carotid endarterectomy, carotid plaque characterization, carotid vasculature, collagen, fibrous cap thickness measurements, histologic examination, intraplaque hemorrhage, linear regression, necrotic core, noninvasive elastography imaging technique, parametric 2D ARFI images, peak displacement, plaque feature detection, plaque risk assessment, receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, surgery, thromboembolic events, vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque, Acoustics, Atherosclerosis, Calcium, Hemorrhaging, Imaging, In vivo, Thickness measurement, ARFI, acoustic radiation force, atherosclerosis, plaque characterization, stroke. [bibtex-entry]


  3. Othmar Frey, Charles L. Werner, Rafael Caduff, and Andreas Wiesmann. A time series of SAR tomographic profiles of a snowpack. In Proc. of EUSAR 2016, pages 726-730, June 2016. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, SAR Tomography, Tomographic profiling, SnowScat, ESA, European Space Agency, X-Band, Ku-Band, Polarimetry, ground-based radar, Snow, Snowpack, geophysical signal processing, radar polarimetry, synthetic aperture radar. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  4. Othmar Frey, Charles L. Werner, Rafael Caduff, and Andreas Wiesmann. A time series of tomographic profiles of a snow pack measured with SnowScat at X-/Ku-Band. In Proc. IEEE Int. Geosci. Remote Sens. Symp., volume 1, pages 17-20, July 2016. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, SAR Tomography, Tomographic profiling, SnowScat, ESA, European Space Agency, X-Band, Ku-Band, Polarimetry, ground-based radar, Snow, Snowpack, geophysical signal processing, radar polarimetry, synthetic aperture radar. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  5. G. Gomba, F. De Zan, and A. Parizzi. Ionospheric Phase Screen and Ionospheric Azimuth Shift Estimation Combining the Split-Spectrum and Multi-Squint Methods. In Proc. EUSAR 2016: 11th European Conf. Synthetic Aperture Radar, pages 1-4, June 2016. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, split-spectrum, split-spectrum interferometry, split-band, split-band interferometry, ionospheric electromagnetic wave propagation, synthetic aperture radar, L-band interferograms, L-band synthetic aperture radar interferometric pairs, SAR interferograms, advanced land observing satellite phased-array, differential ionospheric path delay, geophysical processes, ground deformation signals, ionospheric effects operational compensation, ionospheric phase, split-spectrum method, tropospheric path delay, Accuracy, Azimuth, Coherence, Delays, Estimation, Ionosphere, Synthetic aperture radar, Interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR), ionosphere estimation, split spectrum, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) ionospheric effects. [bibtex-entry]


  6. U. Herter, H. Schmaljohann, and T. Fickenscher. Autofocus performance on multi channel SAS images in the presence of overlapping phase centers. In OCEANS 2016 MTS/IEEE Monterey, pages 1-6, September 2016. Keyword(s): geophysical image processing, image restoration, optical focusing, sonar imaging, synthetic aperture sonar, DPCA, RPC, SPGA focusing, autofocus performance, blurred images, data driven micronavigation, displaced phase center antenna, echo signals, multichannel SAS images, navigation data, overlapping phase centers, raw echo data, redundant phase centers, residual phase errors, side lobe levels, strip-map phase gradient autofocus, synthetic aperture images, synthetic aperture sonar, Apertures, Approximation algorithms, Sonar navigation, Synthetic aperture sonar, Transmitters, aperture sonar, autofocus, multi-channel, strip-map. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  7. G. Krieger, T. Rommel, and A. Moreira. MIMO-SAR Tomography. In Proceedings of EUSAR 2016: 11th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, pages 1-6, June 2016. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  8. H. Liao and F. J. Meyer. A combined estimator for Interferometric SAR ionosphere correction. In Proc. IEEE Int. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symp. (IGARSS), pages 6499-6501, July 2016. Keyword(s): Faraday effect, ionospheric techniques, radar interferometry, radar polarimetry, synthetic aperture radar, Faraday rotation based method, InSAR differential ionosphere, InSAR ionospheric effect correction, azimuth shift based method, interferometric SAR ionosphere correction, interferometric synthetic aperture radar ionosphere correction, ionospheric geometric distortion, multiple aperture interferometric azimuth shift, polarimetric property, split spectrum InSAR technique, Earthquakes, Interferometry, Ionosphere, L-band, Synthetic aperture radar. [bibtex-entry]


  9. H. Liao and F. J. Meyer. Ionospheric effect correction of ice motion mapping using interferometric synthetic aperture radar. In Proc. IEEE Int. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symp. (IGARSS), pages 6502-6504, July 2016. Keyword(s): adaptive filters, geophysical signal processing, glaciology, ice, ionosphere, radar interferometry, remote sensing by radar, synthetic aperture radar, AD 1990, Antarctica, C-band ERS1-2, Envisat ASAR, Greenland, InSAR-based ionospheric correction, L-band ALOS 1-2 PALSAR SAR data, Radarsat-1-2, Sentinel-1, X band TerraSAR-X, adaptive filter technique, automatic phase unwrapping error correction, coregistration technique, differential ionospheric phase signal, error correction algorithm, filter-based method, ice mass balance, ice motion analysis, ice motion mapping, ice motion monitoring, ice sheet, ice velocity, interferogram, interferometric synthetic aperture radar, ionospheric effect correction, ionospheric error, ionospheric phase delay, sea level rise, split spectrum technique, Ice, Ionosphere, L-band, Monitoring, Sea level, Synthetic aperture radar. [bibtex-entry]


  10. P. Lopez-Dekker, F. Q. d. Almeida, M. Rodriguez-Cassola, P. Prats, O. Ponce, and M. Younis. End-to-end simulation of reflector based DBF SAR Systems. In Proc. EUSAR 2016: 11th European Conf. Synthetic Aperture Radar, pages 1-5, June 2016. [bibtex-entry]


  11. T. Marston and J. Kennedy. TomoSAS images of acoustically penetrable objects. In Proc. EUSAR 2016: 11th European Conf. Synthetic Aperture Radar, pages 1-4, June 2016. [bibtex-entry]


  12. T. Marston and J. Kennedy. TomoSAS in bathymetrically complex environments. In Proc. EUSAR 2016: 11th European Conf. Synthetic Aperture Radar, pages 1-4, June 2016. [bibtex-entry]


  13. A. Moreira, O. Ponce, M. Nannini, M. Pardini, P. Prats, A. Reigber, K. Papathanassiou, and G. Krieger. Multi-baseline spaceborne SAR imaging. In Proc. IEEE Int. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symp. (IGARSS), pages 1420-1423, July 2016. Keyword(s): geophysical image processing, holography, radar imaging, radar interferometry, radar polarimetry, remote sensing by radar, spaceborne radar, synthetic aperture radar, HoloSAR, PolInSAR, TomoSAR, across-track interferometry, along- track interferometry, glacier movement, ground deformation, holography SAR, multi-baseline imaging capability, multi-dimensional data space, multibaseline spaceborne SAR imaging, multistatic SAR configuration, ocean current, polarimetric SAR interferometry, spaceborne SAR development, spaceborne SAR image product, sparse array, surface topography measurement, tomography SAR, Interferometry, Radar imaging, Radar polarimetry, Spaceborne radar, Synthetic aperture radar, Tomography, Multi-Baseline Imaging, Polarimetric SAR Interferometry, Polarimetry, SAR Holography, SAR Tomography, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). [bibtex-entry]


  14. Stephan Palm, Rainer Sommer, A. Hommes, Nils Pohl, and Uwe Stilla. Mobile Mapping by FMCW Synthetic Aperture Radar Operating at 300 GHZ. In Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLI-B1, volume XLI-B1, pages 81-87, June 2016. Copernicus GmbH. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Miranda, Miranda 300, FMCW, FMCW SAR, Mobile Radar Mapping, Car-borne SAR, Street Mapping, Ultra-High Resolution SAR, Subcentimeter Resolution. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  15. M. Pieraccini. Polarimetrie RotoSAR. In Proc. IEEE Radar Conf. (RadarConf), pages 1-5, May 2016. Keyword(s): GB-SAR, ground-based SAR, terrestrial SAR, radar antennas, radar imaging, radar interferometry, remote sensing by radar, synthetic aperture radar, ground based inteferometric synthetic aperture radar systems, linear mechanical guide, polarimetric RotoSAR, radar head, radar images, remote sensing instruments, rotating antenna GB-SAR, Monitoring, Radar antennas, Radar imaging, Radar polarimetry, Radar remote sensing, Synthetic aperture radar, SAR, radar. [bibtex-entry]


  16. O. Ponce, H. Joerg, R. Scheiber, P. Prats, I. Hajnsek, and A. Reigber. First study on holographic SAR tomography over agricultural crops at C-/X-band. In Proc. IEEE Int. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symp. (IGARSS), pages 7403-7406, July 2016. Keyword(s): crops, geophysical image processing, image reconstruction, radar polarimetry, remote sensing by radar, synthetic aperture radar, 2D polarimetric image, 3D crop field backscattering, 3D forest backscattering distribution, 3D imaging reconstruction, 3D polarimetric image, C-band SAR, DLR F-SAR sensor, Germany, HoloSAR campaign, HoloSAR imaging mode, HoloSAR tomography, Wallerfing, X-band SAR, agricultural crop, azimuthal aspect angle, holographic SAR, scattering mechanisms, tomographic constellation, Tomography, Agricultural crops, Fast Factorized Back-Projection (FFBP), Holographic SAR Tomography (HoloSAR), Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (PolSAR). [bibtex-entry]


  17. O. Ponce, R. Scheiber, P. Prats, I. Hajnsek, and A. Reigber. Multi-dimensional airborne holographic SAR tomography reconstruction for glaciers at L-/P-band. In Proc. IEEE Int. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symp. (IGARSS), pages 9-12, July 2016. Keyword(s): geophysical image processing, glaciology, hydrological techniques, image reconstruction, remote sensing by radar, solid modelling, synthetic aperture radar, 2-D image arc-pattern, 2-D image circular pattern, 3-D imaging reconstructions, Greenland, HoIoSAR campaign, HoloSAR mode, K-Transect, circular synthetic aperture, cryosphere, fast factorized back-projection, fully polarimetric data, glacier structures, glacier vertical profile, ice sheet vertical profile, ice structures, multidimensional airborne holographic SAR tomography reconstruction, vertical synthetic aperture, Apertures, Ice, Image resolution, L-band, Synthetic aperture radar, Tomography, Cryosphere, Fast Factorized Back-Projection (FFBP), Glaciers, Holographic SAR Tomography (HoloSAR), Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (PolSAR). [bibtex-entry]


  18. R. Que, O. Ponce, S. V. Baumgartner, and R. Scheiber. Multi-mode Real-Time SAR On-Board Processing. In Proc. EUSAR 2016: 11th European Conf. Synthetic Aperture Radar, pages 1-6, June 2016. [bibtex-entry]


  19. R. Que, Octavio Ponce, Rolf Scheiber, and Andreas Reigber. Real-time processing of SAR images for linear and non-linear tracks. In Proc. 17th Int. Radar Symp. (IRS), pages 1-4, May 2016. Keyword(s): airborne radar, backpropagation, radar imaging, synthetic aperture radar, DLR's F-SAR sensor, GPU, SAR images, airborne SAR, direct backprojection, distributed real-time processing, fast factorized back-projection algorithms, linear tracks, multiprocessors multicore CPU, nonlinear tracks, real-time computation, Containers, Graphics processing units, Instruction sets, Interpolation, Radar tracking, Real-time systems, Synthetic aperture radar. [bibtex-entry]


  20. M. Adnan Siddique, Urs Wegmuller, Irena Hajnsek, and Othmar Frey. SAR tomography as an add-on to PSI for improved deformation sampling in urban areas: a quality assessment. In Proc. of EUSAR 2016 - 11th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, pages 669-612, June 2016. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, SAR tomography, Synthetic aperture radar (SAR), SAR Interferometry, InSAR, interferometric stacking, persistent scatterer interferometry, PSI, spaceborne SAR radar interferometry, spaceborne radar, X-Band, TerraSAR-X, synthetic aperture radar, tomography, 3-D point cloud retrieval, Barcelona, SAR tomography based 3-D point cloud extraction, high-resolution spaceborne TerraSAR-X data, interferometric stack, high-rise building vertical tomographic slice, layover scenario case, persistent scatterer interferometry, PSI, point-like scatterer, processing approach, Urban Remote Sensing, Spaceborne radar, Synthetic aperture radar, Three-dimensional displays, Tomography, 3-D point cloud, SAR interferometry. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  21. Muhammad Adnan Siddique, Urs Wegmuller, Irena Hajnsek, and Othmar Frey. SAR tomography as an add-on to PSI: gain in deformation sampling vis-a-vis quality of the detected scatterers. In Proc. IEEE Int. Geosci. Remote Sens. Symp., pages 1452-1455, July 2016. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, SAR tomography, Synthetic aperture radar (SAR), SAR Interferometry, InSAR, interferometric stacking, persistent scatterer interferometry, PSI, spaceborne SAR radar interferometry, spaceborne radar, X-Band, TerraSAR-X, synthetic aperture radar, tomography, 3-D point cloud retrieval, Barcelona, SAR tomography based 3-D point cloud extraction, high-resolution spaceborne TerraSAR-X data, interferometric stack, high-rise building vertical tomographic slice, layover scenario case, persistent scatterer interferometry, PSI, point-like scatterer, processing approach, Urban Remote Sensing, Spaceborne radar, Synthetic aperture radar, Three-dimensional displays, Tomography, 3-D point cloud, SAR interferometry. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]


  22. Urs Wegmuller, Charles L. Werner, Andreas Wiesmann, Penelope Kourkouli, and Othmar Frey. Time-series analysis of Sentinel-1 interferometric wide swath data: techniques and challanges. In Proc. IEEE Int. Geosci. Remote Sens. Symp., volume 1, pages 3898-3901, July 2016. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, SAR Interferometry, InSAR, differential SAR interferometry, D-InSAR, TOPS interferometry, TOPS mode, Sentinel-1, Spaceborne SAR, C-Band. [bibtex-entry]


  23. T. M. d. Hoyo and O. Ponce. Understanding Spaceborne Missions for TomoSAR Imaging with Multi-Angular Acquisitions. In Proc. EUSAR 2016: 11th European Conf. Synthetic Aperture Radar, pages 1-4, June 2016. [bibtex-entry]


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