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Estimates of spaceborne precipitation radar pulsewidth and beamwidth using sea surface echo data / Kaya Kanemaru in IEEE Transactions on geoscience and remote sensing, vol 58 n° 8 (August 2020)  

Public [article]  inIEEE Transactions on geoscience and remote sensing > vol 58 n° 8 (August 2020) . - pp 5291 - 5303 Titre : Estimates of spaceborne precipitation radar pulsewidth and beamwidth using sea surface echo data Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Kaya Kanemaru, Auteur ; Toshio Iguchi, Auteur ; Takeshi Masaki, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2020 Article en page(s) : pp 5291 - 5303 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications de télédétection [Termes IGN] bande Ku [Termes IGN] climat tropical [Termes IGN] écho radar [Termes IGN] étalonnage de capteur (imagerie) [Termes IGN] image GPM [Termes IGN] image TRMM-MI [Termes IGN] impulsion [Termes IGN] précipitation [Termes IGN] surface de la mer [Termes IGN] surface équivalente radar Résumé : (auteur) Calibration consistency between Ku-band radars flown on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission’s (TRMM’s) precipitation radar (PR) and the global precipitation measurement (GPM) mission’s dual-frequency PR (DPR) can be attained by the use of the normalized radar cross section (NRCS) or σ0 over the oceans. With the use of the sea surface echo (SSE) data obtained from the spaceborne PRs, this article aims to estimate the radar parameters of pulsewidth and beamwidth and to evaluate the bias in the NRCS estimates caused by the discrete range sampling. Since the SSE shape is closely related to the received pulsewidth and the two-way cross-track beamwidth, those parameters are individually estimated from the SSE shapes. The SSE shapes are also used to evaluate the impact of the discrete range sampling on the NRCS statistics. The pulsewidth and beamwidth estimated from the SSEs compare well with the level-1 values and accurately reflect changes in the configuration of the radars. The NRCS statistics in GPM version 06 show that the calibration consistency between GPM KuPR and TRMM PR is evaluated within the range of −0.39 to +0.03 dB (−0.48 to +0.11 dB) with (without) the peak correction. Numéro de notice : A2020-471 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : IMAGERIE Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1109/TGRS.2019.2963090 Date de publication en ligne : 22/01/2020 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2019.2963090 Format de la ressource électronique : url article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=95574 [article]

Integration of corner reflectors for the monitoring of mountain glacier areas with Sentinel-1 time series / Matthias Jauvin in Remote sensing, vol 11 n° 8 (August 2019)  

Public [article]  inRemote sensing > vol 11 n° 8 (August 2019) . - n° 988 Titre : Integration of corner reflectors for the monitoring of mountain glacier areas with Sentinel-1 time series Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Matthias Jauvin, Auteur ; Yajing Yan, Auteur ; Emmanuel Trouvé, Auteur ; Bénédicte Fruneau , Auteur ; Michel Gay, Auteur ; Blaise Girard, Auteur Année de publication : 2019 Projets : 3-projet - voir note / Article en page(s) : n° 988 Note générale : bibliographie The authors would like to thank Antoine Rabatel (Univ. Grenoble Alpes, I.G.E.) for having provided DSM LiDAR-based, acquired as part of the project European Facility for Airborne Research Transnational Access (EUFAR TA, EU FP7 Integrating Activity)—project ISOTHERM (Ice, SnOw vegeTation HypERspectral Measurements) that he has led. The authors would also like to thank the French National Geographic Institute (IGN) for providing the DEM. Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Traitement d'image radar et applications [Termes IGN] Alpes [Termes IGN] chambre anéchoïque [Termes IGN] coin réflecteur [Termes IGN] erreur de phase [Termes IGN] faille géologique [Termes IGN] glacier d'Argentière [Termes IGN] image radar moirée [Termes IGN] image Sentinel-SAR [Termes IGN] interféromètrie par radar à antenne synthétique [Termes IGN] moraine [Termes IGN] pente [Termes IGN] prévention des risques [Termes IGN] rétrodiffusion [Termes IGN] surface équivalente radar [Termes IGN] tectonique Résumé : (auteur) Glacier flow and slope instabilities in Alpine mountain areas represent a hazard issue. Sentinel-1 satellites provide regular Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) acquisitions that are potentially useful to monitor these areas, but they can be affected by temporal decorrelation due to rapid changes in the surface. The application of interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) therefore seems difficult due to loss of coherence. On the other hand, Corner Reflectors (CR) can be used as coherent targets in SAR images for accurate displacement measurement thanks to their strong backscattering property and temporal stability. The use of CRs in multi-temporal InSAR analysis in Alpine mountain areas can thus be beneficial. In this study, we present a comparison between triangular and rectangular CRs, based on Radar Cross Section (RCS) measurements in an anechoic chamber and on long-term experiments over the Argentière glacier and the surrounding slopes and moraine. The visibility in both summer and winter of 10 CRs installed on the test site was investigated. As this area is exposed to heavy precipitation including snow falls, two perforated CRs were tested. The amplitude stability and the phase error of each CR were estimated. A precise tracking of two CRs installed at the glacier surface was also able to measure the displacement of the Argentière glacier, giving results close to previous GPS measurements. Furthermore, a Persistent Scatterer Interferometry (PSI) study was conducted, using the most stable CR as reference point to estimate slope instabilities, which led to the identification of an area corresponding to a tectonic fault called “Faille de l’angle”. The precise absolute locations of the CRs were successfully estimated and PS heights were compared with a LiDAR-based (Light Detection And Ranging) digital elevation model (DEM) and GPS measurements. Numéro de notice : A2019-627 Affiliation des auteurs : UPEM-LASTIG+Ext (2016-2019) Thématique : IMAGERIE Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.3390/rs11080988 Date de publication en ligne : 25/04/2019 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11080988 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=95363 [article]

Measure of temporal variation of P-Band radar cross section and temporal coherence of a temperate tree / Clément Albinet in IEEE Transactions on geoscience and remote sensing, vol 54 n° 11 (November 2016)  

Public [article]  inIEEE Transactions on geoscience and remote sensing > vol 54 n° 11 (November 2016) . - pp 6255 - 6264 Titre : Measure of temporal variation of P-Band radar cross section and temporal coherence of a temperate tree Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Clément Albinet, Auteur ; Pierre Borderies, Auteur ; Nicolas Floury, Auteur ; Eric Pottier, Auteur Année de publication : 2016 Article en page(s) : pp 6255 - 6264 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Traitement d'image radar et applications [Termes IGN] bande P [Termes IGN] Cedrus (genre) [Termes IGN] constante diélectrique [Termes IGN] diffusomètre [Termes IGN] polarimétrie radar [Termes IGN] surface équivalente radar Résumé : (Auteur) This paper deals with a ground experiment based on a P-band scatterometer that measured the evolution of the radar cross section (RCS) and coherence of a temperate tree in HV polarization, during four periods spread over nine months, over a cedar tree. Watering of the tree has limited influence in time on the RCS, i.e., limited to around 30 min, but impacts the coherence over a longer period of time. Analysis of the series shows that according to the season considered, clear daily cycles from 1 to 2 dB may appear on the coherence only (autumn) or on both coherence and RCS (spring), whereas in winter, they are absent on both results. It was analyzed in the literature that the variations in RCS are strongly correlated to the variations in the dielectric constant in trunks and branches. In addition, it was shown that the HV RCS presents seasonal trends with a yearly cycle of roughly 3 dB following similar trends reported for trunk moisture content time series. Numéro de notice : A2016-910 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET/IMAGERIE Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1109/TGRS.2016.2565384 En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2016.2565384 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=83132 [article]