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Investigating the radar scattering response of different land-features in the Greater Cairo area of Egypt, using the full-polarimetric SAR data

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Abstract

The full polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data offers plentiful information about the geology, geomorphology, hydrology, land cover and soil classification and therefore helps in assessing their potential for development. In this paper, the full-polarimetric SAR (ALOS/PALSAR L-band sensor) data used for mapping different geological units and land features, which are covering some parts of the Greater Cairo area, Egypt. This paper includes data collection, data interpretation, and a validation tool, as well as methodology and preliminary findings. The ALOS/PALSAR images were extracted, decomposed, filtered and geo-referenced. Unsupervised classification scheme with 5 classes was performed for Radar data using (Wishart H-A-α unsupervised classifier), and it exposed to the supervised classification technique with the assistance of the published geologic and geomorphological maps and the high resolution Landsat images ratio techniques. These five classes are categorized as follows; Urban areas: which covers 22% of the study area, Agriculture: canopy covers 53% of the study area, The Nile: about 73 km of the Nile passing through the study area, and two geological Units, Te (Tertiary, which represents sands and sandstones with clay and marl), and Tp (Tertiary Pliocene, which represents sands, sandstone and gravels). Moreover, the classification accuracy assessment (CAA) was performed for the obtained results using 327 ground control points. The CAA showed classification accuracy around 81.82% with Kappa coefficient of 0.8344. This research shows that using full-polarimetric ALOS/PALSAR data, the land cover and geology of Greater Cairo, Egypt, can be accurately mapped without suffering and wasting time, effort, or facing hazards.

DOI

10.21608/ejaps.2022.110358.1016

Keywords

Full polarimetric SAR, radar scattering, Landsat 8, mapping, Great Cairo Egypt

Authors

First Name

Rabab

Last Name

Mohammad

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Affiliation

National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (NARSS), Geology Department, Cairo, Egypt

Email

rabab2020202@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Gaber

MiddleName

Elsayd

Affiliation

Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Port-Said University, Port-Said, Egypt

Email

ahmedgaber_881@hotmail.com

City

Port Saied

Orcid

-

First Name

Mamdouh

Last Name

Abdeen

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (NARSS), Geology Department, Cairo, Egypt

Email

mamdouh.abdeen@hotmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Ashraf

Last Name

Yahia

MiddleName

Shams Eldien

Affiliation

Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

ayahia@sci.asu.edu.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0003-1998-4647

Volume

59

Article Issue

2

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29323

Issue Date

2021-12-01

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2021-12-09

Publish Date

2022-02-13

Page Start

75

Page End

89

Print ISSN

2090-231X

Online ISSN

2786-0299

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https://ejpasa.journals.ekb.eg/article_219992.html

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1,912

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Egyptian Journal of Pure and Applied Science

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Investigating the radar scattering response of different land-features in the Greater Cairo area of Egypt, using the full-polarimetric SAR data

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23 Jan 2023