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Extraction of Traffic Flows and Surface Current Information using TerraSAR-X Along-Track Interferometry Data
TerraSAR-X offers different possibilities for Along-track
Interferometry (ATI) SAR data acquisition. This enables
to test new SAR applications for the detection and
measurement of moving ground objects from space. In
this paper we demonstrate space-borne traffic flow
measurements using TerraSAR-X ATI data and an
automatic traffic data extraction processor. The obtained
results evidence the potential of space-borne SAR for this
particular application. The traffic information can be
derived in near-real time, which underlines the
practicability of the method. Another application of
TerraSAR-X ATI is the measurement of water surface
currents, of which we also show a first example