Electromagnetism

Orthogonal polarimetric SAR processor based on signal and interference subspace models

Published on - 2010 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2010)

Authors: Frédéric Brigui, Laetitia Thirion-Lefèvre, Guillaume Ginolhac, Philippe Forster

We develop a new SAR processor based on several orthogonal projections.We take into account the scattering properties of the target and the interferences by using subspace models. To detect the target without detecting the interferences, we process images from the orthogonal projection of the received signal into the target subspace and from the orthogonal projection of the received signal into a part of the interference subspace. We can combine these two images to firstly detect the target and to secondly reduce interference. This new SAR processor is applied to realistic simulated data for FoPen (Foliage Penetration) application.