New Polarimetric Signal Subspace Detector for SAR processors

Frédéric Brigui (1) , Laetitia Thirion-Lefèvre (1) , Guillaume Ginolhac (2) , Philippe Forster (2)

1 SONDRA - Sondra, CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-Saclay (COmUE)
2 SATIE - Systèmes et Applications des Technologies de l'Information et de l'Energie

Our studies aim at detecting targets embedded in a complex environment for radar applications. This article deals with new polarimetric SAR (synthetic aperture radar) processors based on subspace detectors. These algorithms use models of targets including physical and polarimetric properties of their scattering on the contrary to the isotropic point model that is commonly used. These processors are implemented by computing the corresponding subspaces that contain the relevant responses of the target. We choose for application the detection of targets under forest foliage. The obtained results both on simulated data of realistic targets and real data show the interest of these new processors.

Domains: Engineering Sciences [physics]; Electromagnetism

Frédéric Brigui, Laetitia Thirion-Lefèvre, Guillaume Ginolhac, Philippe Forster. New Polarimetric Signal Subspace Detector for SAR processors. Comptes Rendus. Physique, 2010, 11 (1), pp.104-113. ⟨10.1016/j.crhy.2010.01.004⟩. ⟨hal-00556651⟩