Radar sounder (RS) profiles are essential for imaging the subsurface of planetary bodies and the Earth as they provide valuable geological insights. However, the limited availability of high-resolution radargrams poses challenges. This article proposes a novel method based on generative models to super-resolve radargrams. Our approach addresses the ill-posed and ill-conditioned nature of the super-resolution problem by training a neural network to learn the correlation between radargrams at different scales. The network learns a proxy for the mapping function between ambiguous low-resolution radargrams and more detailed high-resolution ones, considering the data’s geological and statistical properties. The mapping function enables the super-resolution of previously unseen lowresolution radargrams acquired in comparable conditions to those in the training and imaging similar underlying geology. To achieve this, we adopt a cycle generative adversarial network (CycleGAN), explicitly designed to match properties between low- and high-resolution radargrams, accounting for variations in dimensions and radiometric properties. Furthermore, we enhance the network performance by incorporating skip connections, a ResNet module, and attention mechanisms. The proposed method is validated using MCoRDS3 radargrams acquired in Greenland and Antarctica as high-resolution data. As lowresolution data, we used simulated radargrams representing what is expected by an Earth-orbiting low-resolution RS to have a controlled experiment. The results are evaluated qualitatively and quantitatively, focusing on the areas with reflections with complex shapes that may generate artifacts and unrealistic geological features. Index Terms.
Super-Resolution of Radargrams With a Generative Deep Learning Model / Donini, Elena; Bruzzone, Lorenzo; Bovolo, Francesca. - In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING. - ISSN 0196-2892. - 62:(2024), pp. 510491701-510491717. [10.1109/tgrs.2024.3378576]
Super-Resolution of Radargrams With a Generative Deep Learning Model
Donini, Elena;Bruzzone, Lorenzo;Bovolo, Francesca
2024-01-01
Abstract
Radar sounder (RS) profiles are essential for imaging the subsurface of planetary bodies and the Earth as they provide valuable geological insights. However, the limited availability of high-resolution radargrams poses challenges. This article proposes a novel method based on generative models to super-resolve radargrams. Our approach addresses the ill-posed and ill-conditioned nature of the super-resolution problem by training a neural network to learn the correlation between radargrams at different scales. The network learns a proxy for the mapping function between ambiguous low-resolution radargrams and more detailed high-resolution ones, considering the data’s geological and statistical properties. The mapping function enables the super-resolution of previously unseen lowresolution radargrams acquired in comparable conditions to those in the training and imaging similar underlying geology. To achieve this, we adopt a cycle generative adversarial network (CycleGAN), explicitly designed to match properties between low- and high-resolution radargrams, accounting for variations in dimensions and radiometric properties. Furthermore, we enhance the network performance by incorporating skip connections, a ResNet module, and attention mechanisms. The proposed method is validated using MCoRDS3 radargrams acquired in Greenland and Antarctica as high-resolution data. As lowresolution data, we used simulated radargrams representing what is expected by an Earth-orbiting low-resolution RS to have a controlled experiment. The results are evaluated qualitatively and quantitatively, focusing on the areas with reflections with complex shapes that may generate artifacts and unrealistic geological features. Index Terms.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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