Radar Interferometry with Sarscape Software

coherence, DEM The availability of technical public domain software is important for a fast acceptance and integration of a technique in other disciplines, enabling scientists to gain experience with new techniques at low cost. Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) interferometry (InSAR) is an imaging technique for measuring the topography of a surface, its changes over time, and other changes in the detailed characteristics of the surface. By exploiting the phase of the coherent radar signal, interferometry has transformed radar remote sensing from a largely interpretive science to a quantitative tool, with applications in cartography, geodesy, land cover characterization, and natural hazards. Radar interferometry using freely available software has matured to a stage in which data from different sensors can be routinely processed to interferometric products. SARscape is one of the latest contributions to public-domain radar interferometry software. It is designed as a specialized software package for processing of SAR/InSAR data, and perfectly complements ENVI's functionality for analyzing and visualizing remote sensing data of any kind. More specifically, SARscape for ENVI is