Flowchart

Open image

PALSAR L1.5 Processing on ENVI and IDL

convert to sigma-0

Calibration

Co-registration Select tie-point Warp slave image Filtering

Speckle noise reduction

Change detection

Calculate difference, correlation, and discriminant score

Dataset
PALSAR L1.5 mode: FBD product: georeference re-sampling: nearest neighbor ground resolution: 12.5 m size: 5600 4600 pixel, unsigned integer acquisition: 2007/7/12, 2007/8/27

Open Image
File ! Open as ! ALOS ! PALSAR 20070712/IMG-HH-ALPSRP077906900-H1.5_UA 20070827/IMG-HH-ALPSRP084616900-H1.5_UA

IDL code
difference and correlation calculation

Calibration
The formula and coefficients listed in https://auig.eoc.jaxa.jp/auigs/en/doc/an/20090109en_3.html
Sigma-0 = 10.0*log10(DN2) - 83.0

Calibration
Enter an expression: 10.0*alog10(float(b1)^2)-83.0 ! OK

Calibration
Band Ratio ! Band Math

Calibration
select 2007/07/12 Band 1 output file name: e.g. 20070712sn.img ! OK

Check Value
Display -> Cursor Value

Co-registration
Geometric Correction ! Registration ! Image Registration Workflow

Base Image File: 20070712sn.img, Warp Image File: 20070827sn.img

Calibration

Select Tie-point

same procedure to image of 2007/08/27: Band Ratio -> Band Math select formula in Previous Band Math Expressions ! OK output file name: e.g. 20070827sn.img ! OK 0.8

Select Tie-point

Warp Slave Image

Geometric Correction ! Registration ! Warp from GCPs: Image to Image Registration

Enter GCP Filename: 20070712sn_tie.pts

Select Tie-point

Warp Slave Image

Input Warp Image: 20070827sn.img

Select Output Tie Point File: e.g. 20070712sn_tie.pts

Warp Slave Image

Input Base Image: 20070712sn.img

Check Co-registered Image

Warp Slave Image

Filtering
Filter ! Enhanced Lee Filter

RST Bilinear -nan 1 1 5600 4800

Input file: 20070827sn.img Output file: e.g. 20070827sn_warp.img

Filtering

Filtering

Output File: e.g. 20070712sn_flt.img

Output File: e.g. 20070827sn_warp_flt.img

Filtering

Change Detection
on IDL window File ! Open

open file: correlation_sar.pro

Input file: 20070827sn_warp.img

Change Detection
compile and execute on IDL

Change Detection

input post-images: 20070827sn_warp.img

displaying end after calculation

Change Detection

Change Detection
on ENVI window again

input pre-images: 20070712sn_flt.img

Check Output Data