Polarimetric Workstation

PWSv5r5.3
November 2010

Ridha Touzi et al.
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
Natural Resources Canada

Download:

• User Guide:
  • HTML Version
  • PDF version [PDF,984.1 kb]
• PWS Executable files for setup
  • Setup Software [ZIP, 179.7 Mb]
• System Requirements and Installation Instructions
  • HTML Version
• Convair580 Sample Data [ZIP, 336.7 Mb]

User Guide - Table of Contents

• Acknowledgements
• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Requirements
  • 1.2 Installation
• 2. PWS Function Description
  • 2.1 Tools panel
  • 2.2 Data Format
  • 2.3 Conversion to CCRS image format + Load image
    • 2.3.a Radarsat-2 to CCRS image file format conversion
    • 2.3.b ALOS-PALSAR to CCRS image file format conversion
    • 2.3.c ALOS Faraday rotation correction
    • 2.3.d Load image
  • 2.4 Local Analysis Tools
    • 2.4.1 Define polygons
    • 2.4.2 Local area tools
      • a) Polarimetric signature
      • b) Statistics
      • c) Histogram
      • d) Poincaré Sphere
      • e) Channel Coherence (magnitude and Phase difference)
      • f) Cloude’s decomposition
      • g) Batch-Tool
      • h) Class Stats
      • i) Saving and viewing the results
  • 2.5 Image Synthesis Tools
    • 2.5.1 Define sub-image
    • 2.5.2 Tools
      • a)Sigma naught (ß=s° sin ? _inc)
      • b) Coherence
      • c) Swartz-contrast
      • d) Channel Phase
      • e) Touzi SSCM: Symmetric Scattering Characterization Method
      • f) Touzi Decomposition
      • g) Save Kennaugh
      • h) Batch-synth
  • 2.6 Full Resolution
    • 2.6.1 Target analysis
    • 2.6.2 Graphical results examples:
      • a) Passive Target:
      • b) PARC
• 3. Demo
• 4. Convair-580 data
• 5. References