Maximum likelihood estimation of SAR Azimuth Antenna by means of Persistent Point Scatterers

The purpose of the paper is to estimate the Azimuth Antenna Pattern by using Persistent Point Scatterers (PPS) selected in a stack of interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar images. Wide angle antenna pattern is estimated from targets spectra by means of a Maximum Likelihood formulation. PPS are considered a restricted subset of the Persistent Scatterers, for which the point-shape feature is further required. A model for PPS is provided and experimentally validated; antenna estimation results are presented for both simulated and real X-band Cosmo Skymed data.

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