Improving the characterization of permafrost using polarimetric SAR interferometry (Pol-InSAR)

Funding agency: NSERC

Program: CRD

Industrial partner: PCI Geomatics Inc

Goal: exploit the Pol-InSAR (Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture RADAR Interferometry) to improve permafrost characterization.

Objectives:

1. Develop advanced methodologies to accurately characterize the topographic displacements due to the seasonal changes in permafrost regions by exploiting the Pol-InSAR technology,
2. Carry out a comprehensive study on the prediction of active layer thickness using features derived from data acquired by RADARSAT data.

Publication

Brunson, B., B. Hu, and J. Wang, 2020, “SAR phase unwrapping using region-growing with polynomial-based phase prediction”, Geomatica, November, https://doi.org/10.1139/geomat-2020-0013, October 2020.