Search Results - "J. David Ballester-Berman"

Potentials of polarimetric SAR interferometry for agriculture monitoring by Juan M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. David Ballester-Berman

“…This paper is aimed to define the main specifications and system requirements of a future spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) mission with polarimetric…”
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Rice Phenology Monitoring by Means of SAR Polarimetry at X-Band by Lopez-Sanchez, J. M., Cloude, S. R., Ballester-Berman, J. D.

“…The feasibility of retrieving the phenological stage of rice fields at a particular date by employing coherent copolar dual-pol X-band radar images acquired by…”
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Sensitivity Analysis of Sentinel-1 Backscatter to Oil Palm Plantations at Pluriannual Scale: A Case Study in Gabon, Africa by Ballester-Berman, J. David, Rastoll-Gimenez, Maria

“…The present paper focuses on a sensitivity analysis of Sentinel-1 backscattering signatures from oil palm canopies cultivated in Gabon, Africa. We employed one…”
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Automatic mapping of aquaculture activity in the Atlantic Ocean by Lekunberri, Xabier, David Ballester-Berman, J., Arganda-Carreras, Ignacio, Fernandes-Salvador, Jose A.

“…[Display omitted] •Detection of marine structures using Sentinel-1 SAR satellite imagery.•Aquaculture structure classification using ResNet18 architecture,…”
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A Modified Dual-Baseline PolInSAR Method for Forest Height Estimation by Xie, Qinghua, Zhu, Jianjun, Wang, Changcheng, Fu, Haiqiang, Lopez-Sanchez, Juan M., Ballester-Berman, J. David

“…This paper investigates the potentials and limitations of a simple dual-baseline PolInSAR (DBPI) method for forest height inversion. This DBPI method follows…”
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Applying the Freeman-Durden Decomposition Concept to Polarimetric SAR Interferometry by Ballester-Berman, J.D., Lopez-Sanchez, J.M.

“…In this paper, the Freeman-Durden polarimetric decomposition concept is adapted to polarimetric SAR interferometry (PolInSAR) data. The covariance matrix…”
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On the Use of Generalized Volume Scattering Models for the Improvement of General Polarimetric Model-Based Decomposition by Xie, Qinghua, Ballester-Berman, J David, Lopez-Sanchez, Juan M, Zhu, Jianjun, Wang, Changcheng

“…Recently, a general polarimetric model-based decomposition framework was proposed by Chen et al., which addresses several well-known limitations in previous…”
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Influence of Incidence Angle on the Coherent Copolar Polarimetric Response of Rice at X-Band by Lopez-Sanchez, Juan M., Vicente-Guijalba, Fernando, Ballester-Berman, J. David, Cloude, Shane R.

“…The coherent nature of the acquisition by TerraSAR-X of both copolar channels (HH and VV) enables the generation of many different polarimetric observables…”
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Quantitative Analysis of Polarimetric Model-Based Decomposition Methods by Xie, Qinghua, Ballester-Berman, J David, Lopez-Sanchez, Juan M, Zhu, Jianjun, Wang, Changcheng

“…In this paper, we analyze the robustness of the parameter inversion provided by general polarimetric model-based decomposition methods from the perspective of…”
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Estimation of RVoG Scene Parameters by Means of PolInSAR With TanDEM-X Data: Effect of the Double-Bounce Contribution by Romero-Puig, Noelia, Lopez-Sanchez, Juan M., Ballester-Berman, J. David

“…This article evaluates the effect of the double-bounce (DB) decorrelation term that appears in single-pass bistatic acquisitions, as in the TanDEM-X system, on…”
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Crop Height Estimation of Corn from Multi-Year RADARSAT-2 Polarimetric Observables Using Machine Learning by Xie, Qinghua, Wang, Jinfei, Lopez-Sanchez, Juan, Peng, Xing, Liao, Chunhua, Shang, Jiali, Zhu, Jianjun, Fu, Haiqiang, Ballester-Berman, J.

“…This study presents a demonstration of the applicability of machine learning techniques for the retrieval of crop height in corn fields using space-borne…”
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First Results of Rice Monitoring Practices in Spain by Means of Time Series of TerraSAR-X Dual-Pol Images by Lopez-Sanchez, Juan M., Ballester-Berman, J. David, Hajnsek, Irena

“…Time series of dual-pol TerraSAR-X images have been acquired during the whole cultivation period over a rice site in Spain. The objective of this paper is to…”
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Evaluation of the Multilook Size in Polarimetric Optimization of Differential SAR Interferograms by Mestre-Quereda, Alejandro, Lopez-Sanchez, Juan M., Ballester-Berman, J. David, Gonzalez, Pablo J., Hooper, Andrew, Wright, Tim J.

“…The interferometric coherence is a measure of the correlation between two SAR images and constitutes a commonly used estimator of the phase quality. Its…”
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First Demonstration of Agriculture Height Retrieval With PolInSAR Airborne Data by Lopez-Sanchez, J. M., Hajnsek, I., Ballester-Berman, J. D.

“…A set of three quad-pol images acquired at the L-band in interferometric repeat-pass mode by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) with the Experimental SAR…”
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A Simple RVoG Test for PolInSAR Data by Ballester-Berman, J. David, Vicente-Guijalba, Fernando, Lopez-Sanchez, Juan M.

“…In this paper, we present a simple algorithm for assessing the validity of the RVoG model for PolInSAR-based inversion techniques. This approach makes use of…”
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Combination of Direct and Double-Bounce Ground Responses in the Homogeneous Oriented Volume Over Ground Model by Ballester-Berman, J D, Lopez-Sanchez, J M

“…Complex interferometric coherence expressions for the homogeneous (random or oriented) volume-over-ground model are originally derived in a simplified way by…”
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Coherence Loci for a Homogeneous Volume Over a Double-Bounce Ground Return by Ballester-Berman, J.D., Lopez-Sanchez, J.M.

“…The formulation of the polarimetric interferometric coherences derived by simple homogeneous-volume-over-ground models is revisited for the case of ground…”
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Polarimetric Response of Rice Fields at C-Band: Analysis and Phenology Retrieval by Lopez-Sanchez, Juan M., Vicente-Guijalba, Fernando, Ballester-Berman, J. David, Cloude, Shane R.

“…A set of ten RADARSAT-2 images acquired in fully polarimetric mode over a test site with rice fields in Seville, Spain, has been analyzed to extract the main…”
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Effect of the Double-Bounce Contribution in Polinsar-Based Height Estimates of Rice Crops Using Tandem-X Bistatic Data by Romero-Puig, Noelia, Lopez-Sanchez, Juan M., Ballester-Berman, J. David

“…In bistatic acquisitions the presence of a double-bounce contribution at the ground affects the interferometric coherence with a decorrelation factor which is…”
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Time series of polarimetric and interferometric observations of TerraSAR-X data over rice fields in Spain by Lopez-Sanchez, Juan M, Ballester-Berman, J David, Hajnsek, Irena

“…The objective of this work is to investigate the coherent co-polarized behavior of rice plants during the growing stages and to explore their information…”
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