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1 SP-644 March 2007 Proceedings of PolInSAR 2007 The 3rd International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry January 2007 ESRIN Frascati, Italy

2 Scientific Organising Committee W.-M. Boerner, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, USA S. Cloude, AELc, UK E. Chen, The Chinese Academy of Forestry, CHN W. Dierking, Alfred Wagner Inst. for Polar & Marine Research, D A. Freeman, JPL, USA D.H. Hoekman, SarVision, NL T. Le Toan, Cesbio, F P. Lombardo, Univ. of Rome, I A. Moreira, DLR, D K. Papathanassiou, DLR, D E. Pottier, Univ. of Rennes, F C. Prati, Politecnico di Milano, I S. Quegan, SCEOS, UK M. Sato, Tohoku Univ., Jpn C. Schmullius, Univ. of Jena, D M. Shimada, NASDA, JPN H. Skriver, DTU, Denmark J.-C. Souyris, CNES, F R.Touzi, CCRS, CND D.J. Weydahl, NDRE, NO Local Organising Committee M. Engdahl, Y.-L. Desnos, E. Attema, M. Davidson, B. Rosich Publication Edited by Published and distributed by Proceedings of PolInSAR 2007: The 3 rd International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy (ESA SP-644, March 2007) H. Lacoste & L. Ouwehand ESA Publications ESA Publications ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands Price EUR 50 ISBN ISSN X Copyright 2007 European Space Agency

3 CONTENTS Foreword Y.-L. Desnos ALOS PALSAR First Results Chair: M. Shimada & A. Moreira Secretary: M. Harter First Results of the ALOS PALSAR Verification Processor P. Pasquali, A. Monti Guarnieri, D. D'Aria et al. The Dual Polarization Entropy/Alpha Decomposition: A PALSAR Case Study S. Cloude Theoretical Studies Chair: S. Cloude & I. Hajnsek Secretary: D. Fernandez Modeling Surface and Subsurface Scattering from Saline Soils A. Freeman, T. Farr, P. Paillou et al. Complex Interferometric Coherence Loci for the RVoG and OVoG Models with a Dominant Double-Bounce Scattering in a Single-Transmit Acquisition Mode J.D. Ballester-Berman, J.M. Lopez-Sanchez, & Y. Marquez

4 Novel Strategies in Multidimensional SAR Data Filtering C. López-Martínez & X. Fàbregas Modeling of the Bistatic Scattering by a Group of Cylinders L. Thirion-Lefevre & C. Dahon Optimum Polarizations of Bistatic Incoherent Mechanisms C. Titin-Schnaider Advances in PolSAR and PolInSAR Chair: E. Pottier & K. Papathanassiou Secretary: M. Engdahl Multibaseline Polarization Coherence Tomography S. Cloude Study and Applications of POLSAR Data Time-Frequency Correlation Properties L. Ferro-Famil, A. Reigber & E. Pottier Spectral Clustering of Polarimetric SAR Data with the Wishart-Derived Distance Measures S.N. Anfinsen, R. Jenssen & T. Eltoft Polarimetric Fuzzy K-Means Classification with Consideration of Spatial Context A. Reigber, M. Jäger, M. Neumann & L. Ferro-Famil Multibaseline POL-InSAR Analysis of Urban Scenes at L-Band S. Sauer, L. Ferro-Famil, A. Reigber & E. Pottier Polarimetric Coherence Optimization for Multibaseline SAR Data M. Neumann, L. Ferro-Famil & A. Reigber Applications: Forestry Chair: E. Chen & P. Dubois-Fernandez Secretary: A. Minchella The Specificity of P Band PolInSAR Data over Vegetation P. Dubois-Fernandez, S. Angelliaume, J.-C. Souyris et al. Application of PolSAR for Tropical Timber Plantation in Indonesia M.A. Raimadoya & B.H. Trisasongko

5 Applications: Other Chair: P. Pasquali & C. Lopez-Martinez Secretary: O. Gråbak Inversion of Surface Parameters from NASA/JPL AIRSAR Polarimetric SAR Data S.-E. Park, J. Kim, W.M. Moon & W.-M. Boerner Compact Polarimetry Chair: J.-C. Souyris & A. Freeman Secretary: R. Cossu SAR Compact Polarimetry (CP) for Earth Observation and Planetology: Concepts and Challenges J.-C. Souyris, N. Stacy, T. Ainsworth et al. Analysis of Compact Polarimetric SAR Imaging Modes T.L. Ainsworth, M. Preiss, N. Stacy et al. Comparison of Compact Polarimetric with Full Polarimetric Radar Data for Land Use Discrimination Based on SVM Classification C. Lardeux, P.-L. Frison, C. Tison et al. Decomposition of Hybrid-Polarity SAR Data R.K. Raney Polarimetry and Persistent Scatterer Interferometry (PSI) Chair: F. Rocca & K. Raney Secretary: P. Bally A Subsidence Monitoring Project Using a Polarimetric GB-SAR Sensor L. Pipia, X. Fabregas, A. Aguasca et al. Comparison of L- and X-Band POLSAR Data for Characterization of Polarization Orientation Angle Shift Induced by Man-Made Structure K. Iribe & M. Sato Characterization of Coherent Scatterers in Natural Terrain Using SAR Polarimetry T.R. Lauknes, Y. Larsen, H. Johnsen & T. Eltoft

6 Applications: Land - Agriculture Chair: L. Ferro-Famil & P. Lombardo Secretary: F. Sarti Unsupervised Full-Polarimetric Segmentation for Evaluation of Backscatter Mechanisms of Agricultural Crops D.H. Hoekman, T. Tran & M. Vissers Envisat ASAR Polarimetric Data for Soil Moisture Mapping Y.S. Rao, A.K. Singh, S. Sharma & G. Venkataraman AquiferEx: Results of the Optical and Radar Airborne Campaign in Tunisia R. Scheiber, I. Hajnsek, R. Horn et al. Spaceborne Missions for Pol-InSAR Chair: W. Boerner & M. Davidson Multi-Channel SAR Experiments from the Space and from Ground: Potential Evolution of Present Generation Spaceborne SAR P. Lombardo, M. Sedehi & F. Colone Poster Session Presentations Chair: M. Davidson Classification Based on the Polarimetric Dispersive and Anisotropic Behaviour of Scatterers M. Duquenoy, J.P. Ovarlez, L. Vignaud et al. A Combined Use of Decomposition and Texture for Terrain Classification of Fully Polarimetric SAR Images N.V. Rodionova Classification Method Validation for Rice Mapping Using Envisat ASAR APS Data E. Chen, Z. Li, B. Tan et al. Oil Spill Observation by Means of Co-Polar Phase Difference A. Gambardella, F. Nunziata & M. Migliaccio

7 On the Application of ICA Techniques on PolInSAR P. Ballatore Feature Detection in POLInSAR Images by an Interactive Fuzzy Fusion Approach: Application to Glacier Monitoring G. Vasile, E. Trouvé, L. Valet, et al. Scale Mixture of Gaussians Modelling of Polarimetric SAR Data A. Doulgeris & T. Eltoft Forest Height Estimates for Boreal Forest Using L- and X-Band POLinSAR and HUTSCAT Scatterometer J. Praks, F. Kugler, K. Papathanassiou & M. Hallikainen Forest Height Estimation Using P-Band Pol-InSAR Data F. Garestier, T. Le Toan & P. Dubois-Fernandez Ship Classification Performance in Single-Pass Polarimetric SAR Interferometry: Evaluation of the Sea Interaction G. Margarit, J. Mallorqui & X. Fabregas Polarimetric SAR Calibration Validation for ALSO/PALSAR in Mongolia M. Sato, K. Iribe & D. Anarsaikhan Analysis of Scattering Phase Centers Separation by PolInSAR Coherence Optimization L. Bai, Y. Wang, H. Wen & H. Peng The Polarimetric Characteristics of Bottom Topography Related Features on SAR Images T. Kim Modeling Polarimetric SAR Response of Urban Dihedrons G. Schiavon & D. Solimini Land Cover Feature Recognition by Fusion of POLSAR, PolInSAR and Optical Data M. Shimoni, D. Borghys, R. Heremans et al. Ground-Agriculture Separation by Means of POLInSAR M. Neumann, S. Daniel, L. Ferro-Famil et al. Multibaseline POLInSAR Module for SAR Data Processing and Analysis in RAT (Radar Tools) M. Neumann, A. Reigber, M. Jäger et al. Unsupervised Classification Using Wishart Classifier M. Ouarzeddine, B. Souissi & A. Belhadj-Aissa Fitting a Two-Component Scattering Model to Polarimetric SAR Data from Forests A. Freeman Extension of the Huynen Theory to Bistatic Coherent Mechanisms C. Titin-Schnaider

8 An Unsupervised Segmentation with an Adaptive Number of Clusters Using Cloude-Pottier Decomposition, Wishart Test Statistic and MCCV Algorithm for Fully Polarimetric Sar Data Analysis F. Cao, W. Hong, Y. Wu & E. Pottier High Resolution X-Band SAR Imagery for Precise Agriculture and Crop Monitoring D.G. Blumberg First Assessment of Polarimetric Images from ALOS-PALSAR: Check of Polarimetric Calibration and Assessment of Land-Cover Classification Potential M. Harter, M. Engdahl & Y.-L. Desnos On the Characteristics of L-Band Persistent Scatterers J. Kim, W.M. Moon & W.-M. Boerner Forest Height Reconstruction by a Multi-Baseline Approach: Experimental Results A. Capozzoli, G. D'Elia, A. Liseno et al. List of Participants

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