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Lab 7

1. The document discusses determining the incident angle of a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image from a satellite using header file information and ENVI software. 2. The near range angle was 45.363248 degrees and far range angle was 47.591965 degrees, with the near range located on the left side of the image. 3. The results showed the illumination direction was from the left, indicating the satellite was moving in an ascending pass from left to right.

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Lab 7

1. The document discusses determining the incident angle of a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image from a satellite using header file information and ENVI software. 2. The near range angle was 45.363248 degrees and far range angle was 47.591965 degrees, with the near range located on the left side of the image. 3. The results showed the illumination direction was from the left, indicating the satellite was moving in an ascending pass from left to right.

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LAB 7: RADAR INCIDENCE ANGLE

ABSTRACT The images taken from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) that attached to the airborne or spaceborne has to have the information. This information should contain important data that could be use for radar image processing and calibration. The radar incident angle can be determined from the header file from the radar image provided. The incidence angles are calculated based on the near range and far range angles and assume flat topography. We used Radarsat-1 data for this lab exercise. After some processing using the ENVI 4.5 software, the result will represent the information about the source of SAR (source/sensor) emitted that represent by dark area, while the white area represent the area that are far from sensor. Keywords: SAR, Radarsat-1, incident angle. OBJECTIVE 1. 2. To understand the incident angle in radar image. To understand which part of image is the near range and far range. INTRODUCTION Radar remote sensing has been use for many years for land applications, meteorology, military, oceanography and more. For image processing of radar we should understand the information such as the incident angle of SAR. Incidence angle are calculated based on the near range and far range angles and assume in a flat topography. Incidence angle describes the relationship between radar illumination and the ground target. More specific, it is the angle between the radar beam and the target object. The incidence angle helps to determine the appearance of a target on an object METHODOLOGY Image used for this lab was RADARSAT-1 which covered an area somewhere in Sabah, Malaysia on 07/03/2005. The coordinate of this image is 3.099823 N, 102.341694 E. For the image processing purpose, we use ENVI 4.5 to generate the incidence angle of the radar image. RESULTS AND ANALYSIS Based on the image header file, we found that the near range angle of the image is 45.363248 deg and far range angle is 47.591965 deg. Then, near range location is from the left of the Radarsat-1 image.

Figure 1.Radarsat-1 image.

Figure 2.Incidence angle of image. Therefore, the result show the direction of illumination is from the left of the image. This means, the satellite is moving in ascending in the left. CONCLUSION 1. 2. 3. Dark area represents the near range angle of illumination. White area represents the far range angle of the illumination. We know that spaceborne is in ascending mood during the image taken.

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