The presence of water vapor in the atmosphere represents one of the most important problems to derive accurate products from for differential Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) observations. In this work several indirect measurements of integrated water vapor in the Lazio region, in the center of Italy have been considered to characterize the spatial features of water vapor. This task is of fundamental importance to address the integration procedures based on kriging. In this work several kriging procedures have been tested using ground stations GPS and satellite (eg. MERIS) water vapor retrievals to provide an integrated product which can be used to mitigate SAR impairments due to water vapor.
Water vapor integration methods to improve the quality of Synthetic Aperture Radar observations
BONAFONI, Stefania;
2010
Abstract
The presence of water vapor in the atmosphere represents one of the most important problems to derive accurate products from for differential Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) observations. In this work several indirect measurements of integrated water vapor in the Lazio region, in the center of Italy have been considered to characterize the spatial features of water vapor. This task is of fundamental importance to address the integration procedures based on kriging. In this work several kriging procedures have been tested using ground stations GPS and satellite (eg. MERIS) water vapor retrievals to provide an integrated product which can be used to mitigate SAR impairments due to water vapor.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
