Interferometric synthetic aperture radar(InSAR)has been widely used to measure ground displacements related to geophysical and anthropic activities over the past three decades.Satellite SAR systems use microwave signa...Interferometric synthetic aperture radar(InSAR)has been widely used to measure ground displacements related to geophysical and anthropic activities over the past three decades.Satellite SAR systems use microwave signals that interact with the ionosphere when they travel through it during the imaging processes.In this context,ionospheric variations can significantly contaminate SAR imagery,which in turn affects spaceborne InSAR measurements.This bias also leads to a decrease in the coherence and accuracy of InSAR measurements,especially for the low-frequency SAR systems.In this paper,we give an overview of the latest methods for mitigating the ionospheric contributions in InSAR,including Faraday rotation method,azimuth shift method,and range split-spectrum method,and only focus on the single pair of InSAR interferograms.The current challenges and future perspectives are outlined at the end of this paper.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2020YFC1512001)the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(No.2021A1515011427)+6 种基金the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region(Projects PolyU 152232/17E,PolyU 152164/18Eand PolyU152233/19E)the National NaturalScience Foundation of China(Grants 41790445,41974006,42074040 and 41941019)the Shenzhen Scientific Research and Development Funding Program(Nos.20200807110745001,KQJSCX20180328093453763and20200812164904001)the Department of Education of Guangdong(218KTSCX196)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(300102269207)the Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development(RISUD)(BBWB)the Innovation and Technology Fund of Hong Kong(ITP/019/20LP).
文摘Interferometric synthetic aperture radar(InSAR)has been widely used to measure ground displacements related to geophysical and anthropic activities over the past three decades.Satellite SAR systems use microwave signals that interact with the ionosphere when they travel through it during the imaging processes.In this context,ionospheric variations can significantly contaminate SAR imagery,which in turn affects spaceborne InSAR measurements.This bias also leads to a decrease in the coherence and accuracy of InSAR measurements,especially for the low-frequency SAR systems.In this paper,we give an overview of the latest methods for mitigating the ionospheric contributions in InSAR,including Faraday rotation method,azimuth shift method,and range split-spectrum method,and only focus on the single pair of InSAR interferograms.The current challenges and future perspectives are outlined at the end of this paper.