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Contributors:
F.J. Meyer1), P. Rosen2), X. Pi2), K. Chotoo3), K. Papathanassiou4), J.S. Kim4), Ch. Carrano5)
1)Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 3)User Systems Inc., Crofton, MD 4)German Aerospace Center, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany 5)Boston College, Boston, MA
SAR AND THE IONOSPHERE: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Holistic Microwave Remote Sensing
Holistic Microwave Remote Sensing β Joint observation of Geosphere, Atmosphere, and Ionosphere
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Holistic Microwave Remote Sensing β Joint observation of Geosphere, Atmosphere, and Ionosphere
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INTRODUCTION OF IONOSPHERIC EFFECTS IN SAR UNDERSTANDING AND CORRECTING IONOSPHERIC ARTIFACTS
MAPPING THE IONOSPHERE USING SAR DATA
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Ionospheric Effects on Microwave Signals
β’ For linearly polarized SARs, ionospheric effects can be derived from Appelton-Hartree equation, describing two main signal effects:
1. Ionosphere-induced phase shift πππππ ππ :
Οππππ π0 = β2ππ01
106 πππππ π0, β
ππβ β β2π
πΎ
ππ0ππΈπΆ
with TEC = πππππ π0, β πβ is the Total Electron Content, and
πΎ = 12 βπ4π2ππ0 = 40.28 π3 π 2
2. Rotation of the polarization orientation (Faraday rotation) π ππ :
πΊ π0 = β2ππ01
106 πππππ π0, β
π
ππ»π0πππ π πβ β
πΎ
π02 π΅ β πππ π β ππΈπΆ
withππ» = π΅ π 2π is the electron gyro frequency and π is angle between magnetic field and signal propagation
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Observable SAR Distortions
Impacts of the Ionosphere on SAR Performance
β’ Ionospheric distortions depend on the spatial variability of the ionosphere:
Azimuth Defocusing
InSAR phase distortions
Range geometry distortions
Azimuth geometry distortions
Range Defocusing
Range shifts
Faraday rotation
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Observable SAR Distortions
Impacts of the Ionosphere on SAR Performance
β’ Ionospheric distortions depend on the spatial variability of the ionosphere:
Sp
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ally s
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Ion
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Ph
ase D
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Po
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Dis
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s Range Defocusing
Range shifts
Faraday rotation
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Azimuth Defocusing
InSAR phase distortions
Range geometry distortions
Azimuth geometry distortions
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Ionospheric Distortions β Where and When?
β’ Patterned Ionosphere largely limited to: β Polar regions: Ionospheric structure possible at any time of day and year
β Equatorial regions: Structure largely after sunset until early morning
β Mid-latitudes: Ionospheric structure rare and low in magnitude
[dB] Parameters:
β’ KP: 4.5
β’ SSN: 140
β’ Time: 0 UTC
β’ Resolution: 1ΒΊΓ1ΒΊ
Examples of Ionospheric Distortions in Low-Frequency (L-band) SAR
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Equ
ato
rial
Reg
ion
s
Polar R
egion
s
Phase
Distortions
ALOS PALSAR L-band SAR Data
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Examples of Ionospheric Distortions in Low-Frequency (L-band) SAR
Equ
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rial
Reg
ion
s
Polar R
egion
s
Image
Distortions
Ion
osp
heric azim
uth
disto
rtion
s [px]
ALOS PALSAR L-band SAR Data
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Victoria β Wilkes Coasts, Antarctica Ionospheric Effects in Ice Velocity Measurements
Courtesy: E. Rignot, B. Scheuchl, UCI 9
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INTRODUCTION OF IONOSPHERIC EFFECTS IN SAR
UNDERSTANDING AND CORRECTING IONOSPHERIC ARTIFACTS MAPPING THE IONOSPHERE USING SAR DATA
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Concept of Ionospheric Correction of SAR Data
β’ Strategy: Measure SAR signal distortions Invert for ionospheric parameters using a ionospheric propagation model
Ionosphere
(TEC)
Faraday
Rotation
Azimuth
Shifts
Range
Shifts
Interferometric
phase Signal-
dispersion
20300
020000
28.40428.40428.404ffTEC
fcffTEC
fcTEC
fc
tx
Amplitude distortions
Polarimetric distortions
Phase distortions
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Concept of Ionospheric Correction of SAR Data
β’ Strategy: Measure SAR signal distortions Invert for ionospheric parameters using a ionospheric propagation model
Ionosphere
(TEC)
Faraday
Rotation
Azimuth
Shifts
Range
Shifts
Interferometric
phase Signal-
dispersion
20300
020000
28.40428.40428.404ffTEC
fcffTEC
fcTEC
fc
tx
Amplitude distortions
Polarimetric distortions
Phase distortions
Ionospheric Correction Using Faraday Rotation (FR)
β’ Full-Polarimetric SAR scattering matrix under Faraday Rotation:
π = π πΊ = πππ , where π =ππ»π» ππ»ππππ» πππ
and π πΊ =cosπΊ sinπΊβsinπΊ cosπΊ
β’ Bickel&Bates approach of estimating Faraday Rotation π΄ :
1. Transform into circular basis: πΆC =1
2
βπ 11 βπ
ππ»π» ππ»ππππ» πππ
1 ππ 1
2. Estimate π΄: π΄ =1
4arg π12π21
β =1
4arg ππ4πΊ ππ»π» + πππ
2
β’ Global phase correction accuracy ππ depends on
angle with magnetic field and is worst around equator
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Ionospheric Correction based on Split-Spectrum InSAR
β’ Interferometric phase at carrier
frequency f0:
β’ Split-bandwidth processing:
2
0
0
22
1
0
0
11
00
00
f
f
f
f
f
f
f
f
dispersivef
dispersivenonf
dispersivef
dispersivenonf
0f
Bb b
Lower Subband
1f
Upper Subband
2f
Subband Range Spectra
f0
0 44
000
fc
STECK
c
Rf
dispersivef
dispersivenonff
f
ff
f
ffdispersivef
21122
0
21
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Ionospheric Correction based on Split-Spectrum InSAR
β’ Phase correction performance:
ππ =2 β πΎ
π β π0πβππΈπΆ , π€ππ‘β πβππΈπΆ =
π β π02
8π β πβ β πβ1 β πΎ2
πΎ
β’ Hence, high correction quality requires: β Large SAR system bandwidth large πβ β High interferometric coherence πΎ β Large number of looks π β [Error free phase unwrapping]
β’ Achievable performance for DESDynI mission: β Parameters: πβ = 53ππ»π§; Ξ³ = 0.6; π0 = 1.27πΊπ»π§; π = 1000
β Performance parameters for DESDynI (theoretical optimum):
πβππΈπΆ β 0.05ππΈπΆπ and ππ β 0.1πππ
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Current Research: More Robust Correction through Integrated Estimator
β’ Integration of several estimators using least-squares: β Observation Equation:
π πππ =Ξ©Ξπ
Ξπππππ
=
π΄Ξ© 0 00 π΄Ξπ 00 0 π΄Ξπ
ππΈπΆ
β Inversion:
ππΈπΆ = π΄ππΆβ1π΄ β1 π΄ππΆβ1π πππ
(Detector accuracy is included in covariance matrix πΆ)
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Development of Improved Correction Algorithms
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β’ Example: InSAR pair over Alaska
Jun Su Kim; Danklmayer, A.; Papathanassiou, K., "Correction of ionospheric distortions in low frequency interferometric
SAR data," Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International, pp.1505-1508.
InSAR Coherence
No Ionospheric
correction applied
InSAR Coherence
a-based correction
InSAR Coherence
Joint a and W-
based correction
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plit
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PALSAR: November 19, 2010 ALPSRP256737070
Current Research: Understanding Signatures of the Equatorial Ionosphere
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PALSAR: April 6, 2011 ALPSRP276867070
Current Research: Understanding Signatures of the Equatorial Ionosphere
Current Research: Understanding Signatures of the Equatorial Ionosphere
β’ Ionospheric Simulator: β Determine ionospheric power spectrum ππ π using ionospheric model (e.g. WBMOD)
β Generate ionospheric phase screen (e.g. using IP-STATS)
β Calculate ionospheric transfer function π·πΌππΉ
β Modulate the unfocused SAR signal with π·πΌππΉ and focus SAR Image
β’ Results:
Unaffected SAR image SAR image with simulated
ionospheric effects
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Carrano, C. S., K. M. Groves, and R. G. Caton (2012), Simulating the impacts of ionospheric scintillation
on L band SAR image formation, Radio Sci., 47, RS0L20, doi:10.1029/2011RS004956.
β’ Comparison of threshold πΆππΏ to typical ionospheric conditions:
D.P. Belcher, βTheoretical Limits on SAR Imposed by the Ionosphere,β Radar, Sonar & Navigation, IET, vol.2, issue 6, December 2008
Current Research: Understanding Signatures of the Equatorial Ionosphere
β’ Using simulator, estimate ionospheric turbulence level (quantified by πΆππΏ) at which βstripesβ form in SAR data:
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πͺππ³
Appearance of stripes Destruction of image L-band ( = 0.24m) 2E+33 m-2 5E+34 m-2
striping
Image destruction
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INTRODUCTION OF IONOSPHERIC EFFECTS IN SAR
UNDERSTANDING AND CORRECTING IONOSPHERIC ARTIFACTS
MAPPING THE IONOSPHERE USING SAR DATA
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Holistic Microwave Remote Sensing β Joint observation of Geosphere, Atmosphere, and Ionosphere
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Opportunities: SAR as a Source of Ionospheric Information
Pi, X., et al. (2011), Imaging ionospheric inhomogeneities using spaceborne synthetic aperture radar, Journal of Geophysical Research, 116(A4), A04303.
2-D Mapping of Auroral Structures from SAR
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Opportunities: SAR as a Source of Ionospheric Information
Ionospheric variation: 2006β2011 @ 70Β°-90Β°N
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Continental-Scale information on average ionospheric behavior
Ionospheric parameters from ~750,000 L-band images
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β’ Ionospheric effects in SAR data well understood
β’ Distortions expected for low-frequency radars in latitudes ranges of < Β±10Β° and > Β±60Β°
β’ Correction methods available and successfully tested under βnormalβ conditions
β’ Current research: β Make correction technology more robust
β Understand driving mechanisms and correctability of polar cap distortions
β Understand signatures caused by equatorial scintillation
β Improve quality of ionospheric information derived from SAR
β 3D ionospheric mapping from SAR?
Summary and Future Work
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