This paper constructs a realistic three-dimensional scene of maize
and develops a coherent scattering model to simulate the polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar(SAR)data by analyzing the structure characteristics of maize
especially considering the relative spatial position and orientation of maize leaves.The multi-angle
multi-polarization backscattering coefficients dataset acquired from the scatterometer are compared with that calculated from the simulated polarimetric SAR data
showing that the amplitude information simulated by the model is valid.The HH-VV
HH-HV
and VH-VV phase difference of the simulated data are analyzed
showing that the simulated phase information is valid.Besides
Polarization response method and Cloude H-α classification method are applied to validate the simulated PolSAR data from the viewpoint of scattering types.
Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation in North China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University
Key Laboratory of Environmental Change and Natural Disaster, MOE, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University
Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
SSAI/GSFC Code .3,NASA
National Meteorology Center,China Meteorology Administration