Synthetic aperture Radar remote sensing technology in geological application: A review

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Synthetic aperture Radar (SAR) is widely used in tropical rainforest and desert areas remote sensing geological survey by virtue of its all-day and all-weather earth observation capability and unique penetrating imaging characteristics. In this paper, the geological bodies microwave scattering mechanism which is the theoretical basis of the SAR geological application is expounded. This paper summarizes the domestic and foreign applications of SAR in geological archeology, mineral exploration, lithology and geological structure identification, reports the research progress of multi - source image fusion technology in Radar geology applications, and explains its important function in combination with practical project examples. Constrained by image characteristics, processing technology and data sources, the domestic SAR geological application remains at a very low level. With the development of hardware and software technology, the Radar remote sensing technology will become more and more important in domestic geological applications.

Keywords synthetic aperture Radar (SAR) remote sensing geological application multi-source data fusion review

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Corresponding Authors: Peijun DU E-mail: myzhenghr@126.com;dupjrs@gmail.com

Issue Date: 30 May 2018

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	Hongrui ZHENG
	Zhigang XU
	Le GAN
	Ling CHEN
	Jinzhong YANG
	Peijun DU

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Hongrui ZHENG,Zhigang XU,Le GAN, et al. Synthetic aperture Radar remote sensing technology in geological application: A review[J]. Remote Sensing for Land & Resources, 2018, 30(2): 12-20.

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Tab.1 Parameters of SAR sensors in orbit and planed to lunch

Fig.1 Comparison of fractal structures on optical and fused images

Fig.2 Comparison of dikes on optical and fused images

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