Phase Unwrapping Methods for D-InSAR

Abstract

In addition to GPS and leveling, there are also synthetic aperture radar (SAR) measurements in the field of remote sensing. Differential interferometric SAR (D-InSAR) is a surface deformation measurement technology developed from synthetic aperture radar interferometry (InSAR). In the research of D-InSAR, although the processing flow is certain, the selection of data and process method is not universal. In the process of InSAR interferometric data processing, phase unwrapping is the key link, which directly affects the accuracy of digital elevation model (DEM). In this paper, the phase unwrapping methods of dual pass D-InSAR are compared. There will be islands in the process of unwrapping, and the less the islanding, the better. Through the situation of islanding, the unwrapping effect of region growth method and minimum network cost flow method is compared. The results show that the best method is the minimum cost network flow method.