Inverse sar imaging of scale model for performance assesment in archaeological manmade structure detection using polarimetric sar

Application of fully polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (PolSAR) for detection of archaeological site in Muaro Jambi, Indonesia, is presented. Scale mode of manmade structure is constructed and is measured using setup reproducing ALOS PALSAR2 full polarization strip map mode. The backscattered signal is then decomposed and analyzed for each scattering mechanism. Both scale model and satellite measurement is analyzed. It is shown that the scattering mechanism of scale model confirms theoretical and real measurement of satellite data.