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Articles | Volume XLI-B7
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLI-B7-847-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLI-B7-847-2016
22 Jun 2016
 | 22 Jun 2016

IMPROVED MODEL-BASED POLARIMETRIC DECOMPOSITION USING THE POlINSAR SIMILARITY PARAMETER

H. Latrache, M. Ouarzeddine, and B. Souissi

Keywords: Model based decomposition, orientation angle, Polarimetric SAR Interferometry, polarimetric interferometric similarity parameter, Volume model

Abstract. In this paper, we present a new approach to solve the problem of volume scattering ambiguity in urban area, for that we propose a volume model based on the polarimetric interferometric similarity parameter (PISP) . The new model is more adaptive and fits better with both forest and oriented built-up areas. Thereby, a new model-based polarimetric decomposition scheme is developed. To test the performance of the proposed method ESAR PolInSAR L bande data of Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany is used. Comparison experiments show that the proposed method gives good results, since all the oriented built-up areas are well discriminated as double or odd bounce structures.