- Model for Simulating SAR Images of Earth Surfaces
- Jung Goo-Jun ; Lee Sung-Hwa ; Kim In-Seob ; Oh Yisok ;
- The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science, volume 16, issue 6, 2005, Pages 615~621
Abstract
In this paper, a model for simulating synthetic aperture radar(SAR) images of earth surfaces. The earth surfaces include forest area, rice crop field, other agricultural fields, grass field, road, and water surface. At first, the backscattering models are developed for bare soil surfaces, water surfaces, short vegetation fields such as rice fields and grass field, other agriculture areas, and forest areas. Then, the SAR images are generated from the digital elevation model(DEM) and digital terrain map. The DTM includes ten parameters, such as soil moisture, surface roughness, canopy height, leaf width, leaf length, leaf density, branch length, branch density, trunk length, and trunk density, if applicable. The scattering models are verified with measurements, and applied to generate an SAR image for an area.