Derivation of Coastal Changes using Two Radar Backscatter Intensity Images.

The roughness of the surface has the greatest influence on radar backscatter. A flat sea surface without waves, for example, gives no backscatter to the satellite and is imaged as black.

The additive process between red (R,G,B) = (100%,0%,0%) and cyan (R,G,B) = (0%,100%,100%) results in white (R,G,B) = (100%,100%,100%）. First, convert colors in radar images from gray-scale in image before the earthquake to red-scale and from gray-scale in image after the earthquake to cyan-scale. Second, the additive process between the red-scale and the cyan-scale results in gray-scale, red-scale and cyan-scale at unchanged area, area where backscatter decreased, and area where backscatter increased.

	Before earthquake Radar image	After earthquake Radar image	Comparison image Coastal change
O r i g i n a l			An area colored in red in the image below is a region where the reflective (backscatter) intensity is decreased due to submergence and Tsunami inundation. Western coast of northern Sumatra.
C o n v e r t e d
	2003-07-22	2004-12-31	After additive process