Study of Scattering Properties of Oil platforms in Caspian Sea as Stable Radar Scatterers according to PALSAR Data

Conference: EUSAR 2016 - 11th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar
06/06/2016 - 06/09/2016 at Hamburg, Germany

Proceedings: EUSAR 2016

Pages: 3Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Zakharov, Alexander; Zakharova, Ludmila; Sorochinsky, Mark (Kotelnikov IRE RAS, Russia)

Abstract:
An analysis of oil platforms long-term stability in Caspian Sea seen on the Japanese synthetic aperture radar PALSAR images is made. It is shown that typical radar cross section stability of oil platforms is about 0.5 dB, what is close to the parameters of specially designed calibration targets. Possibility of SARs intercalibration using the oil platforms under study is demonstrated.