Transcription of Sentinel-1 Toolbox TOPS Interferometry Tutorial
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Sentinel-1 Toolbox Copyright 2021 SkyWatch Space Applications Inc. TOPS Interferometry Tutorial Issued May 2015 Updated August 2016 Revised January 2020 Updated June 2021 Andreas Braun Luis Veci TOPS Interferometry Tutorial 2 Interferometry Tutorial The goal of this Tutorial is to provide novice and experienced remote sensing users with step-by-step instructions on interferometric processing with Sentinel-1 Interferometric Wide Swath products. Background What is Interferometry ? Interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) exploits the phase difference between two complex radar SAR observations taken from slightly different sensor positions and extracts information about the earth s surface. A SAR signal contains amplitude and phase information. The amplitude is the strength of the radar response and the phase is the fraction of one complete sine wave cycle (a single SAR wavelength).
A SAR signal contains amplitude and phase information. The amplitude is the strength of the radar response and the phase is the fraction of one complete sine wave cycle (a single SAR wavelength). The phase of the SAR image is determined primarily by the distance between the satellite antenna and the ground targets.
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