r. abileah 1, s. vignudelli 2, andrea scozzari 3 1 jomegak, san carlos ca, usa 2 cnr-ibf, pisa,...
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R. Abileah1, S. Vignudelli2 , Andrea Scozzari3
1 jOmegak, San Carlos CA, USA 2 CNR-IBF, Pisa, Italy 3 CNR-ISTI, Pisa, Italy
The Near-Specular Altimeter Waveforms of Small Inland Water Bodies
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R. Abileah1, S. Vignudelli2 , Andrea Scozzari3
1 jOmegak, San Carlos CA, USA 2 CNR-IBF, Pisa, Italy 3 CNR-ISTI, Pisa, Italy
The Near-Specular Altimeter Waveforms of Small Inland Water Bodies
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Outline• Some inland waters look like single scatterers (specular) • Five distinguishing characteristics of specular water
targets • “Zero-Doppler” processing and retracking • Rethinking
– PRF– Inland applications for radar altimeters
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This investigation based entirely on ENVISAT Individual Echoes (IE)
Worldwide distribution of 1-second IE records (Nov 2007)
1-second record vicinity of Rio Tigre, Peru; Amplitude in dB re noise
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2 m elevation drop from
1st to last echo
Rio Tigre
Tributary crossings 1, 2, 3
Radargram
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Peak power superimposed on LANDSAT image
Rio Tigre, Peru
tributary
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Peak power superimposed on LANDSAT image
Rio Tigre, Peru
tributary
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Crossing 3
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Five ways to characterize specular echoes
• Power • Range waveform• Along-track lobing • Coherence• Doppler
Following slides illustrate these characteristics with crossing No. 3
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Range waveform
0 0( , )P r
ENVISAT specular waveform, from Garcia et al., 2014, Eq. 2
“Retracking CryoSat-2, Envisat, and Jason-1 Radar Altimetry Waveforms for Improved Gravity Field Recovery”,Geophysical Journal International
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Along-track lobing
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Along-track lobing
Track over water
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Along-track lobing
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Model for complex specular echoes
1n2n 3n 4( )/( ) ni r f cM n e
r1 r2 r3
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Model echo phase (example)
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Coherence (1/3)
Track over water
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Coherence (2/3)2
*
2
2 2
( ) ( 1)
( ) ( 1)n
n n
C n C n
C n C n
2
*
2
2
( ) ( )
( )n
n
C n M n
N C n
1-lag auto-coherence
Coherence with respect to model M
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Coherence (3/3)(In a moving 21-echo window )
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Doppler velocity (Doppler after VertVel adjustment)
Doppler = 0 when river is at nadir (assuming spherical Earth)
ApproachingDoppler
RecedingDoppler
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Summary • Five characteristics of specular echoes were shown
– Power ~70-80 dB re noise– Waveform agrees with Garcia et al., 2014 – Along track lobing partially explained with rectangular
plate RCS model– Coherence ~1– Doppler = 0 when water is at nadir
Next: Combine the above into a retracking algorithm
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ComplexEcho data
1984 echoes x 128
Range bins
Satellite vertical orbital velocity
Extract 3 range bins centered on largest amplitude in rangeOutput: 1984 x 3 complex
_ kuAdjustme
nt
<dp/dt> as a linear approximation of:horizontal orbital velocity + annular disk +
geoidal deformation
Sum echoes coherently over water
Segment(zero-Doppler)
3-pnt specularamplitude
Waveform fit
Waterrange Abs
zero-Doppler Algorithm
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Doppler Processing -Retracking
2
*,
'
( ', ) ( ')n rn
P C n n r M n 2 2 2( ( ' )) /2
'
min ( , ') exp n pr r
nr
P n r P
Coherent summing of N echoesCost function (L2 metric) minimization
Phase despin according to model M
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Range without coherent averaging
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Range with coherent summing on a moving 11 echo window
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Floodplain and coastal
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Tonle Sap Floodplain, CambodiaIE data, November 2, 2007
(Peak water level – J. Benveniste)
Track superimposed on DigitalGlobe, January 7,2012 image(Dry season – month of lowest water level )
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Francois Peron National Park Shark Bay AU
Bay | Land
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Conclusions• Altimetry over specular surfaces is fundamentally
different than conventional ocean altimetry– Walsh theorem does not apply– Low PRF sufficient (e.g., ENVISAT 2 KHz) – Full interleaving desired – No ‘land interference’ – zero-Doppler replaces delayed-Doppler – Salvatore’s stacking with 0-Doppler is conceptually the
same
Specular waveform most useful for rivers & floodplains
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Further details presented in a companion poster
• Algorithm walkthrough with Rio Tigre• Post Monsoon Granges River basin
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Acknowledgments• ESA provided IE data • Walter Smith made valuable comments on
early draft
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Thank you
Specular backscatter from Titan’s Ontario LacusWye et al., GRL, 2009