Ship detection with Cosmo-SkyMed PINGPONG data using the dual-pol ratio anomaly detector

Citation

Marino A & Iervolino P (2017) Ship detection with Cosmo-SkyMed PINGPONG data using the dual-pol ratio anomaly detector. In: 2017 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), volume 2017-July. IEEE International Symposium on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (IGARSS) 2017, Texas, USA, 23.07.2017-28.07.2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, pp. 3897-3900. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2017.8127853

Abstract
Extensive work has been carried out on detecting ships using space-borne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems. However, the identification of small vessels is still challenging especially when the sea conditions are rough. In this work, a new detector is proposed based on dual-polarized incoherent SAR images. Small ships have a stronger cross polarization accompanied by a higher cross-over co-polarization ratio compared to sea. This is the rational at the base of the detector. The new detector is tested with dual-polarization HH/HV PINGPONG Cosmo-SkyMed images acquired over the North Sea. The test area is near Rotterdam where a large number of ships are expected.

Keywords
Marine vehicles , Detectors; Synthetic aperture radar; Training; Clutter; Scattering; Sea ice

Journal
International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS): Volume 2017-July