PolSARproSim+: A coherent, polarimetric simulation of forests

This is the This is the Public Open Source repository for PolSARproSim+, an ANSI-C based software to simulate SAR/PolSAR/PolInSAR/TomoSAR echoes from forests.

Directory Structure:

• <dir>/src: This folder contains the c-source files
• <dir>/include: This folder contains the c-header files
• <dir>/bin: this folder should contain the simulator binary: pspsim once compiled
• <dir>/docs: This contains documentation, including ppt slides from conferences
• <dir>/example: This folder contains files needed to run an example simulation

Compiling the code

The code can be compiled two ways, using make or the meson build system

Compile using meson - preferred

• In <dir> type
  • $ meson setup builddir
  • $ cd builddir
  • $ ninja or $ meson compile will put binary in builddir, add it to your bash path
• meson (https://mesonbuild.com/) and ninja are available on pip/conda etc.

Compile using make

• In <dir>/src: simply type
  • $ make install. If successful you should have pspsim in <dir>/bin
• add <dir>/bin to your bash path
• requires libxml, and lpthreads and path to those libraries might need to be updated in the Makefile

Running the code

• To run simply type $ pspsim. This will tell you how to use it.
  • To run the example:
    • $ cd <dir>/example
    • $ pspsim run1.sar <prefix> <outputdir>. This will put simulated SLC images and ancilliary data in <outputdir>