Cite: Bhogapurapu, N., Dey, S., Mandal, D., Bhattacharya, A. and Rao, Y.S., 2021. PolSAR tools: A QGIS plugin for generating SAR descriptors. Journal of Open Source Software, 6(60), p.2970. doi: 10.21105/joss.02970
@article{bhogapurapu2021polsar,
title={PolSAR tools: A QGIS plugin for generating SAR descriptors},
author={Bhogapurapu, Narayanarao and Dey, Subhadip and Mandal, Dipankar and Bhattacharya, Avik and Rao, YS},
journal={Journal of Open Source Software},
volume={6},
number={60},
pages={2970},
year={2021},
doi= {10.21105/joss.02970}
}
This package generates derived SAR parameters (viz. vegetation indices, polarimetric decomposition parameters) from input polarimetric matrix (C3, T3, C2, T2). The input data needs to be in PolSARpro/ENVI format (*.bin and *.hdr).
pip install polsartools
gdal, Numpy
conda install gdal
import polsartools as pst
T3_folder = r'../T3'
windows_size=3
pst.mf4cf(T3_folder,window_size=window_size)
ps,pd,pv,pc,tfp,taufp = pst.mf4cf(T3_folder,window_size=window_size,write_flag=False)
#%%
compact_c2 = r'./sample_data/compact_pol/C2_RHV'
cprvi = pst.cprvi(compact_c2,chi_in=45,window_size=3, write_flag=False)
dcp = pst.dopcp(compact_c2,chi_in=45,window_size=3, write_flag=False)
ccp = pst.mf3cc(compact_c2,chi_in=45,window_size=3, write_flag=False)
socp = pst.misomega(compact_c2,chi_in=45,psi_in=0,window_size=3, write_flag=False)
print('compact pol')
#%%
full_T3 = r'./sample_data/full_pol/T3'
mf3 = pst.mf3cf(full_T3,window_size=3,write_flag=False)
mf4 = pst.mf4cf(full_T3,window_size=3,write_flag=False)
dfp = pst.dopfp(full_T3,window_size=3,write_flag=False)
grvi = pst.grvi(full_T3,window_size=3,write_flag=False)
rvi = pst.rvifp(full_T3,window_size=3,write_flag=False)
prvi = pst.prvifp(full_T3,window_size=3,write_flag=False)
print('full pol')
#%%
dxp_C2 = r'./sample_data/dual_pol/C2_VVVH'
dpr = pst.dprvi(dxp_C2,window_size=3,write_flag=False)
rvdp = pst.rvidp(dxp_C2,window_size=3,write_flag=False)
prvdp = pst.prvidp(dxp_C2,window_size=3,write_flag=False)
ddp = pst.dopdp(dxp_C2,window_size=3,write_flag=False)
print('dual cross-pol')sample use case is provided in tests
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Full-pol :
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Compact-pol :
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Dual-pol:
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