WSM/WSM InSAR over Dutch coast

Prof. Monti Guarnieri of Polimi identified a cooperative pair of SCANSAR images acquired over the Netherlands in December 2002 and January 2003. The Fringe pattern illustrates the good coherence obtained from the two acquisition separated by 35 days. The potential applications for SCANSAR/SCANSAR interferometry include DEM generation, ground movement mapping and atmospheric water vapour characterisation over unprecedentedly large areas.

The results jointly achieved by Prof. Monti Guarnieri, Politecnico di Milano, and the SAR processing team of Prof. Cafforio, Politecnico di Bari, clearly identify the applications potential of the new Envisat level-1 product in generating the first SCANSAR-SCANSAR interferogram generated over a 400x400km area. Unlike the Algeria SCANSAR-SCANSAR interferogram, which had been compensated by an available digital elevation model (DEM) this interferogram was only compensated for flat earth.