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Articles | Volume XXXIX-B1
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprsarchives-XXXIX-B1-27-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprsarchives-XXXIX-B1-27-2012
20 Jul 2012
 | 20 Jul 2012

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR INTERFEROMETRY FOR DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL OF KUWAIT DESERT – ANALYSIS OF ERRORS

H. K. Al Jassar and K. S. Rao

Keywords: Digital Elevation Model, SAR interferometry, errors, weighted average, ASAR, atmospheric corrections

Abstract. Using different combinations of 29 Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) images, 43 Digital Elevations Models (DEM) were generated adopting SAR Interferometry (InSAR) technique. Due to sand movement in desert terrain, there is a poor phase correlation between different SAR images. Therefore, suitable methodology for generating DEMs of Kuwait desert terrain using InSAR technique were worked out. Time series analysis was adopted to derive the best DEM out of 43 DEMs. The problems related to phase de-correlation over desert terrain are discussed. Various errors associated with the DEM generation are discussed which include atmospheric effects, penetration into soil medium, sand movement. The DEM of Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) is used as a reference. The noise levels of DEM of SRTM are presented.