Comparison of Sentinel-1 and TerraSAR-X for ship detection

Velotto D, Bentes C, Tings B, Lehner S (2015)


Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2015

Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Book Volume: 2015-November

Pages Range: 3282-3285

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

Event location: Milan, ITA

ISBN: 9781479979295

DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2015.7326519

Abstract

Sentinel-1A (S1-A) is the first of a pair of satellites operating a C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) developed to give continuity to the European SAR programme. After 6 months commissioning phase from its lunch on April 3rd 2014, S1-A started to systematically deliver data to Copernicus Ocean, Land and Emergency services. Interferometric Wide Swath (IWS) mode in dual-polarization VV+VH is the standard acquisition mode used for the observation of the European marine environment. The objectives of this study are the comparison and synergetic use of the S1-A imagery in IWS mode with TerraSAR-X (TS-X) imagery in StripMap mode for SAR ship detection application. Exemplary dataset acquired over the English Channel during a controlled experiment is used to pursue the objective. Automatic Identification System ships messages received by terrestrial stations in the area are used as ground truth and to identify the SAR detections.

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APA:

Velotto, D., Bentes, C., Tings, B., & Lehner, S. (2015). Comparison of Sentinel-1 and TerraSAR-X for ship detection. In International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) (pp. 3282-3285). Milan, ITA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..

MLA:

Velotto, Domenico, et al. "Comparison of Sentinel-1 and TerraSAR-X for ship detection." Proceedings of the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2015, Milan, ITA Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. 3282-3285.

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