Abstract
With the objective of exploiting hardware capabilities and preparing the ground for the next-generation X-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) missions, TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X are now able to operate in staring spotlight mode, which is characterized by an increased azimuth resolution of approximately 0.24 m compared with 1.1 m of the conventional sliding spotlight mode. In this paper, we demonstrate for the first time its potential for SAR tomography (TomoSAR). To this end, we tailored our interferometric and tomographic processors for the distinctive features of the staring spotlight mode, which will be analyzed accordingly. By means of its higher spatial resolution, the staring spotlight mode will not only lead to a denser point cloud but also to more accurate height estimates due to the higher signal-to-clutter ratio. As a result of a first comparison between sliding and staring spotlight TomoSAR, first, the density of the staring spotlight point cloud is approximately $\text{5.1}$ – $\text{5.5}$ times as high; and, second, the relative height accuracy of the staring spotlight point cloud is approximately $\text{1.7}$ times as high.
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