Simulation Tools for Interpretation of High Resolution SAR Images of Urban Areas

New powerful spaceborne sensors for monitoring urban areas have beendesigned and are ready for launch. More detailed SAR images willbe soon available and, consequently, new tools for their interpretationare needed, above all when urban scenes are illuminated. In thispaper, the authors propose some tools for the study and the analysisof high resolution SAR images based on a SAR raw signal simulatorfor urban areas. Comparing simulated SAR images with the real one,interpretation of SAR data is improved and fundamental support ofthe employed tools is further assessed.     «

New powerful spaceborne sensors for monitoring urban areas have beendesigned and are ready for launch. More detailed SAR images willbe soon available and, consequently, new tools for their interpretationare needed, above all when urban scenes are illuminated. In thispaper, the authors propose some tools for the study and the analysisof high resolution SAR images based on a SAR raw signal simulatorfor urban areas. Comparing simulated SAR images with the real one,interpretation of SAR data is impr...     »