The accepted Rational Function( RF) model application for satellite images is limited to transformations between object and image space. However
the use of the third-order RF model and of the 80 Rational Polynomial Coefficients( RPCs) in the Radarsat-2 metadata extends its application from optical images to Synthetic Aperture Radar( SAR) images. We provide a brief overview of the generation process and properties of multiple SAR RPC products
with special emphasis on the processing chain of basic SAR products in combination with orbit model approximation. Finally
we validate new types of RPC geometric performance experimentally. We consider the different basic products of Terra SAR-X
the COSMO-Sky Med of the Guangzhou area( in China)in stripmap mode as test data and demonstrated the effectiveness of the RF model for the geometric processing of SAR images.
HAN Xiaoran 中国科学院大学;中国科学院青藏高原研究所 青藏高原地球系统与资源环境国家重点实验室
LI Ainong 中国科学院、水利部成都山地灾害与环境研究所
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State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources (TPESER), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base of Urban Environment Process and Simulation