Radarclinometry for ERS-1 data mapping

The availability of SAR images gives us the possibility to map world regions which are not easy to access, or which are generally not visible with optical systems. This is the case for the tropical regions which frequently have an important cloud cover. Elevation maps, more or less precise, are becoming more and more important for environment studies and remote sensing applications. Radarclinometry, which consists of exploiting the relation between SAR measures and the geometric orientation of the imaged ground pixel, appears as an efficient and cheap means to draw elevation maps. We propose and implement an integration method of radarclinometry, taking into account the specificity of ERS-1 images.