A Study on Utilization of Polarimetric SAR Data in Planning a Smart City

Abstract

In the present world, there is a huge requirement for a truly efficient city not only operating in an integrated mode, but also to optimize the resources of each system to have better eco-friendly livelihood. Currently, this novel concept has led to the establishment of smart city with integration among informational and operational efficiency. With recent advances in remote sensing especially in the field of Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data, using suitable polarimetric target decomposition techniques, data can be classified for further utilization in remote sensing applications. As a part of this exploration, a study has been taken to understand the utilisation of polarimetric data in building a smart city by exploiting the available resources in a given urban area. Different types of polarimetric decomposition techniques are applied on the data along with polarimetric speckle filters where classification of targets is performed based on the scattering mechanism of the polarized wave with each target in the scene. Encouraging preliminary results were obtained in the study using polarimetric SAR data adding another dimension in planning a smart city.