Research on Dataset Preparation and Registration Methods for Multi-Temporal Airport SAR Images

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) offers high-resolution imaging capabilities that are unaffected by weather and lighting conditions, making it ideal for complex environments. Recent advancements in spaceborne SAR technology have provided diverse high-resolution, multi-temporal SAR data, crucial for applications like airport monitoring. Despite these advancements, there is a notable lack of multi-temporal airport SAR datasets for research. This study addresses this gap by presenting a method to create a multi-temporal airport SAR image dataset. Utilizing known latitude and longitude information, the method converts geographic coordinates to image projection coordinates to locate airports in SAR images, followed by image conversion and alignment to construct the dataset. Additionally, this study introduces a registration method named SAR-SURF for multi-temporal SAR images, employing a SURF-based Feature Points Detector and an improved Fast Sample Consensus (FSC) algorithm. The experimental results demonstrate that this method effectively reduces speckle noise, ensures matching accuracy, and minimizes processing time, enabling rapid and precise registration of multi-temporal airport SAR images.