Biomass retrieval from P-band polarimetric and interferometric SAR data, challenges and recent results
Paper in proceeding, 2014

In the frame of the Biomass mission activities, this paper presents the challenges and recent results in the retrieval of forest biomass from polarimetric (PolSAR) and interferometric (PolInSAR) P-band SAR data. During the mission Phase A, critical issues in the biomass retrieval algorithms in boreal and tropical forests have been identified and addressed. In boreal forest, multi polarization backscatter data can be used to mitigate much of the variability due to environment effects. In high biomass tropical forest, because of the low sensitivity of the backscatter to biomass, appropriate correction methods were developed to mitigate the disturbing effects. Also to enhance the retrieval results, a combination of PolSAR and PolInSAR methods was proposed.

polarimetry

PolInSAR

height retrieval

biomass retrieval

Biomass mission

Author

T. Le Toan

Lars Ulander

Chalmers, Earth and Space Sciences, Radar Remote Sensing

K Papathanassiou

L. Villard

K. Scipal

Joint 2014 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2014 and the 35th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, CSRS 2014; Quebec City; Canada; 13 July 2014 through 18 July 2014

1417-1420
978-147995775-0 (ISBN)

Subject Categories

Remote Sensing

ISBN

978-147995775-0

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10/7/2017