SIR-C/X-SAR
The investigation of the utility of radar in this project began with analysis of SIR-C/X-SAR radar imagery, acquired in 1994 over a large part of the peninsula. SIR-C utilizes L and C bands which have relatively longer wavelengths than other sensors, and it provides images for different polarization combination. This permits the complete scattering matrix to be derived for each pixel. Taking advantages of the characteristics of SIR-C/X-SAR, detection and investigation is possible for some ground features that are undetectable by optical sensors.
The images below are acquired from SIR-C/X-SAR. The left figure is a composite of different bands and polarization of SIR-C image, and the right figure is X-SAR image.
 
The following image is a combination of IRS and X-SAR data. This shows the capability to compensate the radar and optical images with one another. With assistance of IRS panchromatic data, we can
distinguish specific objects on speckled radar image and improve our analysis of the microwave data.
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