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Towards the recognition of individual trees in decimeter-resolution airborne millimeterwave SAR

  • Uwe Stilla
  • , Michael Schmitt
  • , Oliver Maksymiuk
  • , Stefan Auer
  • Technical University of Munich

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Abstract

This paper discusses the potentials and challenges of the recognition of individual tree patterns in image data acquired by decimeter-resolution airborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems working in the millimeterwave domain. Due to the different characteristics of conventional optical imagery and side-looking SAR imagery, sophisticated processing strategies have to be developed, which need to be based on a thorough understanding of the radar imaging effects. Two preliminary workflows are proposed on the insights gained in first real-data experiments: While one is based on 2D image processing techniques applied to gray-scale intensity imagery, the other one employs interferometric or tomographic pre-processing in order to reconstruct point clouds from multi-Aspect and multi-baseline data. The tree patterns are then further analyzed in the 3D point data.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2014 8th IAPR Workshop on Pattern Recognition in Remote Sensing, PRRS 2014
EditorsJenny Qian Du, Eckart Michaelsen, Bing Zhang
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781479972760
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Sep 2014
Event2014 8th IAPR Workshop on Pattern Recognition in Remote Sensing, PRRS 2014 - Stockholm, Sweden
Duration: 24 Aug 201424 Aug 2014

Publication series

Name2014 8th IAPR Workshop on Pattern Recognition in Remote Sensing, PRRS 2014

Conference

Conference2014 8th IAPR Workshop on Pattern Recognition in Remote Sensing, PRRS 2014
Country/TerritorySweden
CityStockholm
Period24/08/1424/08/14

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