BPS FD ATBD - Algorithms Theoretical Baseline Document#
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Field |
Value |
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Title |
BPS FD ATBD - Algorithms Theoretical Baseline Document |
External reference |
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Issue |
2.1.8 |
Date |
30 April 2025 |
Pages |
45 (authoritative PDF) |
Recipients
Name |
Organisation |
|---|---|
Cristiano Lopes |
ESA – ESRIN |
Michele Caccia |
ESA – ESRIN |
Muriel Pinheiro |
ESA - ESRIN |
Prepared by
Name |
Organisation |
|---|---|
Francesco Banda |
Aresys |
Paolo Mazzucchelli |
Aresys |
Shaun Quegan |
University of Sheffield |
Riccardo Piantanida |
Aresys |
Checked by
Name |
Organisation |
|---|---|
Davide D’Aria |
Aresys |
Approved by
Name |
Organisation |
|---|---|
Davide D’Aria |
Aresys |
Change history
Date |
Issue |
Change summary |
Author |
|---|---|---|---|
2022-06-09 |
2.0 |
First issue of the document |
Francesco Banda Review: Shaun Quegan |
2022-10-28 |
2.1 |
CDR2 issue of the document BPSPDR2-17: editorials clarified (sec. 4.1.4) BPSPDR2-18, BPSPDR2-20, BPSPDR2-26: formula moved to appendix (sec. 5), ATBD revised according to guidelines. BPSPDR2-19: FD first cycle clarified (sec. 3.7.4.4) BPSPDR2-22: modulus clarified (sec. 4.1.4) BPSPDR2-32: solved TBD/TBC in delivery pack BPSPDR2-52: scenario clarified (sec. 3.3) BPSPDR2-70, BPSPDR2-71: geo-coding clarified (sec. 3.5) BPSPDR2-73: subsampling rule clarified (sec. 3.4) BPSPDR2-74: Dimensions specified (sec. 3.4) BPSPDR2-83: documents review to enforce consistency BPSPDR2-84: Revision of re-use of backgeocoding results at L2 (sec. 3.2) BPSPDR2-85: Multi-looking in FD clarified (sec. 3.4) BPSPDR2-86: Computation of spatial average window size clarified (sec. 3.4) BPSPDR2-87: Cross-pol terminology aligned BPSPDR2-90: Ground cancellation with two images clarified (sec. 3.3) BPSPDR2-91: FD emphasized forest height clarified (sec. 3.3) |
Francesco Banda Paolo Mazzucchelli |
2023-03-13 |
2.1.1 |
Post CDR2 issue of the document: BPSCDR2-1: added acronym BPSCDR2-3: added docs acronyms in i/o tables BPSCDR2-4: added missing details for Forest Cov Check BPSCDR2-6: fixed wavenumber description BPSCDR2-7: insarPair added in sec. 3.4.4.1 BPSCDR2-8: updated sec. 3.5.2 BPSCDR2-9: updated sec. 3.6.2 BPSCDR2-10: vertical datum/reference added sec. 3.6.2 BPSCDR2-11: updated sec. 3.7.2 BPSCDR2-23: note added sec. 3.5.4 BPSCDR2-30: Heat Map added sec. 4.1.4 BPSCDR2-43: minimum coverage percentage added sec. 4.1.4 Formulas corrected: updated sec. 3.5.4 Formulas corrected: updated sec. 3.4.4 (desired elevation to wavenumber correction and demodulation height) |
Paolo Mazzucchelli Francesco Banda |
2023-09-15 |
2.1.2 |
BPS-393 / BPS-390: updated FD computation to make robust to numerical problems |
Paolo Mazzucchelli |
2024-01-19 |
2.1.3 |
DeltaFAT2 version of the document: BPSCDR2-10: updated description of “real elevation” |
Paolo Mazzucchelli |
2024-05-17 |
2.1.4 |
Post-DeltaFAT2 version of the document: Updated eq. 3.2 Updated description in sec. 3.7.4.5 Added TBD/TBC table |
Paolo Mazzucchelli |
2024-09-06 |
2.1.5 |
FAT3 version of the document |
Paolo Mazzucchelli |
2024-12-13 |
2.1.6 |
Delta_FAT3 version of the document: Updated sec. 3.5.5 Renamed “decimationFactor” to “upsamplingFactor” |
Paolo Mazzucchelli |
2025-03-07 |
2.1.7 |
Post-FAT3 issue of the document Fixed Wavenumbers (3.4.2) and IncidenceAngle (3.5.2) descriptions unit of measurement |
Paolo Mazzucchelli |
2025-04-30 |
2.1.8 |
BPS-FTO-BATCH4: Separated calibration screen table in skp and flattening (sec. 3.3.2); expanded description in how to use them (sec. 3.3.4) |
Paolo Mazzucchelli Emanuele Giorgi |


