<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The work is devoted to fusion of radar and radiometer images. Noise waveform SAR generates radar images of reflective objects of its field of view. A bistatic radiometer with synthetic aperture estimates the thermal radio emissions of the objects along their angular coordinates and even range. The estimated brightness temperatures of rough and smooth surfaces are different, as well as the radar responses from them. Identification of the parameters of objects surfaces may be done using results of joint processing of images generated by both sensors. The optimum and quasi-optimum criteria for fusion of the images were obtained. The latter was experimentally checked. It approves the opportunity to fuse the images for further estimation of some parameters of objects surfaces. The results obtained may be used in environmental and security applications.</p></abstract>

The work is devoted to fusion of radar and radiometer images. Noise waveform SAR generates radar images of reflective objects of its field of view. A bistatic radiometer with synthetic aperture estimates the thermal radio emissions of the objects along their angular coordinates and even range. The estimated brightness temperatures of rough and smooth surfaces are different, as well as the radar responses from them. Identification of the parameters of objects surfaces may be done using results of joint processing of images generated by both sensors. The optimum and quasi-optimum criteria for fusion of the images were obtained. The latter was experimentally checked. It approves the opportunity to fuse the images for further estimation of some parameters of objects surfaces. The results obtained may be used in environmental and security applications.

Fusion of Images Generated by Radiometric and Active Noise SAR

Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, BAS, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

National Technical University “Kharkiv polytechnic institute”, 21 Frunze str., 61002 Kharkiv, Ukraine

O.Ya. Usikov Institute for Radiophysics and Electronics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 12 Ak. Proskura str., 61085 Kharkiv, Ukraine

Warsaw University of Technology, 15/19 Nowowiejska str., 00-665 Warsaw, Poland

Cybernetics and Information Technologies

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The work is devoted to fusion of radar and radiometer images. Noise waveform SAR generates radar images of reflective objects of its field of view. A bistatic...

Fusion of Images Generated by Radiometric and Active Noise SAR

Published Online: Jan 19, 2016

Page range: 58 - 66

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cait-2015-0089

Keywords
Image fusion, microwave radiometer, noise, surface roughness, detection criteria, bistatic radiometer, synthetic aperture radar

© 2015 Volodymyr V. Kudriashov et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Fusion of Images Generated by Radiometric and Active Noise SAR

Published Online: Jan 19, 2016

Page range: 58 - 66

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cait-2015-0089

KeywordsImage fusion, microwave radiometer, noise, surface roughness, detection criteria, bistatic radiometer, synthetic aperture radar

© 2015 Volodymyr V. Kudriashov et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Image fusion, microwave radiometer, noise, surface roughness, detection criteria, bistatic radiometer, synthetic aperture radar