A New Way for Detecting Man-Made Targets and Structures within Forests using Time Series of Polarimetric SAR images

Man-made structures, such as buildings, bridges, dams, etc. can be considered as quite constant along time, regarding their position and orientation of course but also for their size and composition. Man-made targets, such as vehicles, exhibit also some constant features, as dimensions and materials. However their position and orientation may have changed between two acquisitions. We propose in this study to investigate the potential benefit of time series of polarimetric SAR images for detection of man-made structures and targets. Two strategies are proposed and tested for these cases.