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    SARscape

    Interferometry Module for Displacement Map Generation

    In order to fully exploit processes of the Interferometry Module for Displacement Map
    Generation, the European Space Agency (ESA) has distributed these sample data sets;
    any other use of this material is prohibited.

    Data Set Description – the data set is separated into two parts:

    1. Input (Bam_DInSAR_Input.zip) is used to run the exercise, it includes the following


    binary data and corresponding header file:

    a. 3dec03_slc Master SLC data
    b. 11feb04_slc Slave SLC data
    c. srtm25_dem Reference Digital Elevation Model

    2. Output data (Bam_DInSAR_Output.zip) includes intermediate products and a possible


    set of Ground Control Points that could be used in the Phase to Displacement Conversion
    step, the use of these data are not mandatory to the exercise.

    Input and Output data can be downloaded from the sarmap server by using the following
    ftp account information.

    Host Name: ftp.sarmap.ch
    User Name: sarscape_datasets
    Password: zxcvbnm

    More information regarding the data is available in the Data Format document, reading
    this document prior to starting the exercise is suggested. Please refer to the Online
    Help document for more specific processing instruction.

    The data consists of:

    – An ENVISAT ASAR Single Look Complex data pair acquired in the IS2 mode, with
    the SAR incidence angle of approximately 23°, and VV polarization over Bam, Iran.
    The satellite acquisition dates are December 3, 2003 (before the earthquake) and
    February 11, 2004 (47 days after the earthquake). The images provided for this
    exercise have already been imported (using the verified DORIS satellite orbits) and
    resized. The area coverage is approximately 56x40km.

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    – An SRTM-3 extract, over sampled to a 25 meter grid, is used as reference to the


    low resolution Digital Elevation Model, and was generated using the Digital Elevation
    Model Extraction tool.

    The goals of this exercise are:

    • To estimate the orbital related parameters.


    • To generate the interferogram.
    • To flatten the interferogram and separate the differential phase through the
    reference Digital Elevation Model.
    • To filter the flattened interferogram and to generate the coherence image.
    • To unwrap the differential phase.
    • To generate the DInSAR Displacement Map.

    Processing Steps

    Baseline Estimation
    Enables the user to obtain infomraiton about the baseline values and other orbital
    parameters of the input SAR pair. This function is not mandatory to the exercise.

    Interferogram Generation
    Starting with the two Single Look Complex input data, co-registered, and multi-looking
    interferogram, the master Intensity and slave Intensity images are generated. In order
    to get a quasi-square pixel around 25m (on the ground), using multi-looking factors of
    1 in range and 5 in azimuth are suggested. The products are automatically named by
    adding the relevant suffix to the output file names.

    If the Digital Elevation Model is used in input (optional), the flattened interferogram
    (_dint), the slant range DEM (_srdem) and the synthetic interferogram (_sint) will be
    generated among the output products. In this case, the Interferogram Flattening step
    has not been carried out and the Adaptive Filter and Coherence Generation step will
    follow in the processing sequence.

    Digital Elevation Model/Ellipsoid Interferogram Flattening


    During this processing the previously generated interferogram is split into the synthetic
    phase and the residual phase (or differential phase). Then the input Digital Elevation
    Model is re-projected onto the master SAR geometry and is re-generated as a slant
    range output product. The output products are automatically named by adding the
    relevant suffix to the root name.

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    Adaptive Filter and Coherence Generation


    The flattened interferogram (differential phase) is filtered, using the box car method,
    and the scene coherence is generated. The coherence data values can vary between
    0 and 1, in proportion to the temporal correlation between master and slave SAR
    acquisitions. The output products are automatically named by adding the relevant suffix
    to the root name.

    Phase Unwrapping
    The differential phase is unwrapped using a region growing algorithm. A coherence
    threshold is used to avoid, or minimize, unwrapping errors. Low threshold values
    (between 0.15 and 0.2) are suggested to limit interruptions (e.g. phase jumping) during
    the growing process. The unwrapped phase is automatically named by adding the suffix
    “_upha” to the input file name.

    Phase to Displacement
    The phase values are converted to displacement and geocoded onto a map projection
    and a Ground Control Points file must be previously generated. The figure below
    provides an example of locations for three Ground Control Points (red crosses).
    Specific displacement figures are not available because the points are assumed to be
    stable (there is no displacement). Output products are named by adding the relevant
    suffix to the root name.

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    Notes:
    - Look Up Table related problems can be experienced when displaying the data in the
    ENVI view. The problem is solved by properly stretching the image histogram using
    the relevant function from the “Enhance” pull down menu of the ENVI image window.
    - Tiff files are intended only for visualization, the original histogram is stretched to
    8 bit by means of a pre-defined scaling formula (see “Tools>GenerateTiff”).
    - The interferograms are shown in grey scale; in order to visualize the interferometric
    fringes in RGB the corresponding tiff file must be created.
    - The .sml and .hdr are the product header files, the .sml contains all the processing
    related information and the .hdr contains the information for product compatibility
    with ENVI.
    - It does not matter which of the input data are selected as master and which is
    slave, it is mandatory that the initial order is maintained throughout the entire
    processing chain.

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