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Abstract
Spatial distribution of surface roughness is very critical information for many application areas. Surface roughness is often characterized using statistical distribution. However, due to the huge complexity associated with spatial soil surfaces it is difficult to accurately characterize surface roughness over large areas using statistical distribution. Surface roughness influences SAR backscatter significantly and therefore for bare soil surfaces, surface roughness plays a critical role in determining the degree of depolarization of the SAR signal. In this paper surface roughness is retrieved using multi-polarized Envisat-1 ASAR data. The depolarization ratio [σ°VH − σ°VV] has been found to be very sensitive to surface roughness. This study demonstrates an approach that can be used to retrieve quantitative surface roughness values from a space platform without making any assumptions regarding distribution of surface roughness on the ground.
Acknowledgements
Mr. Hari Shanker Srivastava is extremely thankful to Dr. V. Jayraman, Director, RRSSC/NNRMS & EOS, ISRO, Head-quarters, Bangalore, for his keen interest in the study and for his encouragement and support during the course of study. Mr. Hari Shanker Srivastava is also thankful to Prof. V. K. Jha, former Head RRSSC-D and Dr. K. P. Sharma, Head-in-charge, RRSSC-D for encouragement and support. Ms. Parul Patel extends her sincere thanks to Mr. J. S. Parihar, Group Director, AFEG/SAC/ISRO and Mission Director, EOAM, and Dr. Manab Chakraborty, Group Director, GTDG/SAC/ISRO Ahmedabad for their encouragement. Ms. Parul Patel is also thankful to Dr. S. Panigrahy, Head, AMD/SAC/ISRO and Dr. S. Mohan, Head, ATDD/SAC/ISRO, Ahmedabad for their encouragement and support. Dr. Yamini Sharma extends her sincere thanks to Dr. K. N. Bhargava, Principal, Feroz Gandhi Post Graduate College (CSJM University), Rae-Bareli for providing necessary support during the course of study.