Journal
REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
Volume 270, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2021.112866
Keywords
SAR; Radiometer; Passive sensing; Radio frequency interferences; SAR data processing; SAR denoising; RFI cancellation
Funding
- European Space Agency
- EU
- ESA
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This paper presents a review and method for extracting actively sensed data and identifying Radio Frequency Interferences (RFI) in TOPSAR acquisition mode. By generating measurements of Earth Brightness Temperature (BT) and RFI equivalent temperature, and cross-comparing results from different sensors, precise SAR data denoising and RFI mitigation can be achieved.
In the TOPSAR acquisition mode, Sentinel-1 sensors acquire some data in passive mode, with a periodicity of approximately one second. These data provide valuable information about scene brightness and Radio Frequency pollution. This paper reviews the method to extract these passively sensed data and identify Radio Frequency Interferences (RFI). Two sets of measurements are generated by back-projecting passively sensed data on the ground, generating Earth Brightness Temperature (BT) and RFI equivalent temperature. A proper calibration has been implemented thanks to AMSR-2 data. The paper shows the result of one year of data collection from Sentinel 1 A and B regarding RFI and BT. We discuss the stability of the systems and the accuracy of the measurements by cross-comparing results from the two sensors, and we show how this information can be exploited for precise SAR data denoising and RFI mitigation.
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