SAR Image Analysis, Modeling, and Techniques XII

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SAR Image Analysis, Modeling,
and Techniques XII
Claudia Notarnicola
Simonetta Paloscia
Nazzareno Pierdicca
Editors
26–27 September 2012
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Contents
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Conference Committee
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Maximizing the use of EO products: how to leverage the potential of open geospatial
service architectures (Plenary Paper) [8538-100]
T. Usländer, Fraunhofer-Institut für Optronik, Systemtechnik und Bildauswertung (Germany)
SAR DATA ANALYSIS I: JOINT SESSION WITH CONFERENCES 8536 AND 8537
8536 02
Unsupervised change detection in very high spatial resolution COSMO-SkyMed SAR
images [8536-44]
N. Acito, Accademia Navale (Italy); S. Resta, M. Diani, G. Corsini, A. Rossi, Univ. di Pisa
(Italy)
SAR DATA ANALYSIS II: JOINT SESSION WITH CONFERENCES 8536 AND 8537
8536 03
An experimental setup for multiresolution despeckling of COSMO-SkyMed image products
[8536-2]
B. Aiazzi, Istituto di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara (Italy); L. Alparone, F. Argenti, Istituto di
Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara (Italy) and Univ. degli Studi di Firenze (Italy); S. Baronti, Istituto
di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara (Italy); T. Bianchi, A. Lapini, Univ. degli Studi di Firenze
(Italy)
8536 04
Multi-chromatic analysis of a single SAR image for absolute ranging [8536-3]
F. Bovenga, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy); L. Gallitelli, D. O. Nitti, Politecnico di
Bari (Italy)
8536 05
Ultra wide band ISAR imaging by Laguerre Gauss tomographic reconstruction [8536-4]
E. D. Di Claudio, G. Jacovitti, Univ. degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza (Italy); A. Laurenti,
GIAL S.r.l. Co. (Italy)
LAND APPLICATIONS I
8536 06
Compact polarimetry for C-band land-use classification: a pre-study for the Canadian
Radar Constellation Mission (RCM) [8536-5]
S. R. Cloude, AEL Consultants (United Kingdom); D. G. Goodenough, Natural Resources
Canada (Canada) and Univ. of Victoria (Canada); H. Chen, Natural Resources Canada
(Canada)
8536 07
Comparison of alternative parameters to dual polarimetric SAR data [8536-6]
M. Sugimoto, K. Ouchi, National Defense Academy (Japan)
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8536 08
Synergy of Cassini SAR and altimeter acquisitions for the retrieval of dune field
characteristics on Titan [8536-7]
V. Poggiali, M. Mastrogiuseppe, Univ. degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza (Italy); M. Callegari,
EURAC Research (Italy); R. Martufi, R. Seu, Univ. degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza (Italy);
D. Casarano, CNR-IRPI (Italy); L. Pasolli, C. Notarnicola, EURAC Research (Italy)
LAND APPLICATIONS II
8536 0D
Analysis of ground deformation using SBAS-DInSAR technique applied to COSMO-SkyMed
images, the test case of Roma urban area [8536-13]
F. Ardizzone, IRPI-CNR (Italy); M. Bonano, IREA-CNR (Italy); A. Giocoli, IMAA-CNR (Italy);
R. Lanari, IREA-CNR (Italy); M. Marsella, Univ. degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza (Italy);
A. Pepe, IREA-CNR (Italy); A. Perrone, S. Piscitelli, IMAA-CNR (Italy); S. Scifoni, M. Scutti, Univ.
degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza (Italy); G. Solaro, IREA-CNR (Italy)
8536 0E
Study of movement and seepage along levees using DINSAR and the airborne UAVSAR
instrument [8536-14]
C. E. Jones, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States); G. Bawden, U.S. Geological Survey (United
States); S. Deverel, HydroFocus, Inc. (United States); J. Dudas, California Dept. of Water
Resources (United States); S. Hensley, S.-H. Yun, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
MARITIME APPLICATIONS I
8536 0G
8536 0I
Confidence levels in the detection of oil spills from satellite imagery: from research to the
operational use [8536-27]
G. Ferraro, European Commission Joint Research Ctr. (Italy); O. Trieschmann, European
Maritime Safety Agency (Portugal); M. Perkovic, Univ. of Ljubljana (Slovenia); D. Tarchi,
European Commission Joint Research Ctr. (Italy)
Sea clutter contamination test with log-cumulants [8536-18]
D. Tao, A. P. Doulgeris, C. Brekke, Univ. of Tromsø (Norway)
SAR IN HYDROLOGY
8536 0K
Future use of the data from the ESA Sentinel-1 mission for operational soil moisture
mapping: a multitemporal algorithm [8536-20]
N. Pierdicca, L. Pulvirenti, Univ. degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza (Italy)
8536 0L
COSMO SkyMed X-band SAR imagery for snowpack characterization in mountain areas
[8536-21]
E. Santi, S. Paloscia, S. Pettinato, Istituto di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara (Italy);
M. Callegari, L. Pasolli, C. Notarnicola, EURAC research (Italy)
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8536 0M
Mapping spatial and temporal patterns of soil moisture with ASAR imagery in the Alps
[8536-22]
L. Pasolli, C. Notarnicola, EURAC Research (Italy); L. Bruzzone, Univ. degli Studi di Trento
(Italy); G. Bertoldi, M. Zebisch, EURAC Research (Italy)
8536 0N
A Bayesian approach to retrieve soil parameters from SAR data: effect of prior information
[8536-23]
M. Barber, M. Maas, P. Perna, F. Grings, H. Karszenbaum, Instituto de Astronomía y Física
del Espacio (Argentina)
MARITIME APPLICATIONS II
8536 0O
Sea state measurements using TerraSAR-X data [8536-24]
M. Bruck, S. Lehner, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (Germany)
8536 0Q
Ocean surface slick characterization by multi-polarization Radarsat-2 data [8536-26]
S. Skrunes, C. Brekke, T. Eltoft, Univ. of Tromsø (Norway)
8536 0R
A new automatic technique for coastline extraction from SAR images [8536-16]
F. Del Frate, D. Latini, Univ. degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata (Italy); A. Minchella, RSAC Ltd.
(United Kingdom); F. Palazzo, SERCO S.P.A. (Italy)
8536 0S
Slicks in SAR imagery of the sea surface [8536-28]
S. Ermakov, Institute of Applied Physics (Russian Federation)
MARITIME APPLICATIONS III
8536 0T
Fully automatic oil spill detection from COSMO-SkyMed imagery using a neural network
approach [8536-29]
R. G. Avezzano, F. Del Frate, D. Latini, Univ. degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata (Italy)
8536 0U
Targets observation at sea exploiting reflection symmetry extracted from X-band dualpolarimetric SAR data [8536-30]
D. Velotto, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (Germany); F. Nunziata,
M. Migliaccio, Univ. degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope (Italy); S. Lehner, Deutsches Zentrum
für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (Germany)
8536 0V
Three-dimensional monopulse radar imaging simulation of ships on sea surfaces [8536-31]
D. Guijie, X. Xu, BeiHang Univ. (China)
POSTER SESSION
8536 0W
Lessons learned from using COSMO-SkyMed imagery for flood mapping: some case
studies [8536-32]
N. Pierdicca, Univ. degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza (Italy); M. Chini, Istituto Nazionale di
Geofisica e Vulcanologia (Italy); L. Pulvirenti, F. S. Marzano, S. Mori, Univ. degli Studi di
Roma La Sapienza (Italy)
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8536 0X
On the appropriate feature for general SAR image registration [8536-34]
D. Li, Y. Zhang, Ctr. for Space Science and Applied Research (China)
8536 0Y
The appropriate parameter retrieval algorithm for feature-based SAR image registration
[8536-35]
D. Li, Y. Zhang, Ctr. for Space Science and Applied Research (China)
8536 0Z
Oil rigs in full polarization SAR imges [8536-36]
P. Chen, J. Yang, J. Wang, Second Institute of Oceanography (China)
8536 11
Monitoring of mining-induced land subsidence by PALSAR and TerraSAR-X [8536-38]
T. Deguchi, Nittetsu Mining Consultants Co., Ltd. (Japan); H. Kutoglu, Zonguldak Karaelmas
Univ. (Turkey)
8536 12
Analysis of terrain influences in Pol-InSAR forest height estimation and attempts to the
correction [8536-40]
C. Li, Y. Zhou, Academy of Opto-Electronics (China); Y. Zhang, Information Institute, the
Equipment Academy of the Air Force (China) and Institute of Tracking and
Telecommunication Technology (China); W. Hong, Institute of Electronics (China)
8536 13
Exact RCS reconstruction of interested targets from SAR images [8536-41]
D. Gu, X. Xu, BeiHang Univ. (China)
8536 17
Automatic and semi-automatic extraction of curvilinear features from SAR images
[8536-47]
E. Akyilmaz, O. E. Okman, F. Nar, SDT A.S. (Turkey); M. Cetin, Sabanci Univ. (Turkey)
Author Index
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Conference Committee
Symposium Chair
Karin Stein, Fraunhofer-Institut für Optronik, Systemtechnik und
Bildauswertung (Germany)
Symposium Co-Chair
Charles R. Bostater Jr., Florida Institute of Technology (United States)
Conference Chairs
Claudia Notarnicola, EURAC Research (Italy)
Simonetta Paloscia, Istituto di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara (Italy)
Nazzareno Pierdicca, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza
(Italy)
Conference Programme Committee
Richard Bamler, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
(Germany)
Fabio Covello, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (Italy)
Mihai P. Datcu, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
(Germany)
Fabio Del Frate, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata (Italy)
Linda Marchese, INO (Canada)
Antonio Moccia, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II (Italy)
Francesco Nirchio, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (Italy)
Luca Pasolli, EURAC Research (Italy)
Fabio Rocca, Politecnico di Milano (Italy)
Emanuele Santi, Istituto di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara (Italy)
Stefan Schneiderbauer, EURAC Research (Italy)
David Small, Universität Zürich (Switzerland)
Session Chairs
SAR Data Analysis I: Joint Session with Conferences 8536 and 8537
Lorenzo Bruzzone, Università degli Studi di Trento (Italy)
SAR Data Analysis II: Joint Session with Conferences 8536 and 8537
Claudia Notarnicola, EURAC Research (Italy)
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Land Applications I
Nazzareno Pierdicca, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza
(Italy)
Land Applications II
Simonetta Paloscia, Istituto di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara (Italy)
Maritime Applications I
Fabio Del Frate, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata (Italy)
SAR in Hydrology
Claudia Notarnicola, EURAC Research (Italy)
Maritime Applications II
Fabio Del Frate, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata (Italy)
Maritime Applications III
Claudia Notarnicola, EURAC Research (Italy)
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