Investigation of the experimental TanDEM-X pursuit monostatic mode for oil and ship detection

Velotto D, Nunziata F, Bentes C, Migliaccio M, Lehner S (2016)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2016

Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Book Volume: 2016-November

Pages Range: 4023-4026

Conference Proceedings Title: International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Event location: Beijing, CHN

ISBN: 9781509033324

DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2016.7730046

Abstract

The German Aerospace Center has opened the TanDEM-X science phase in order to demonstrate new Synthetic Aperture Radar techniques and applications. In particular, the TanDEM-X pursuit monostatic configuration has been switched on from October 2014 till February 2015. This paper investigates the use of the two TanDEM-X satellites to acquire a pair of independent SAR data in single and multi-polarization mode for maritime surveillance applications. Multi-polarization SAR data have shown to be more effective than single-polarization one, for what concern oil spill and ship detection. Here, for the first time has been possible to directly compare almost simultaneous SAR measurements of marine slicks and targets using both single and multi-polarization data. In-situ ground truth data have been collected during satellites overpasses in order to conduct the analysis.

Involved external institutions

University of Naples "Parthenope" IT Italy (IT) Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) / German Aerospace Center DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Velotto, D., Nunziata, F., Bentes, C., Migliaccio, M., & Lehner, S. (2016). Investigation of the experimental TanDEM-X pursuit monostatic mode for oil and ship detection. In International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) (pp. 4023-4026). Beijing, CHN: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..

MLA:

Velotto, Domenico, et al. "Investigation of the experimental TanDEM-X pursuit monostatic mode for oil and ship detection." Proceedings of the 36th IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2016, Beijing, CHN Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. 4023-4026.

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