THE TOMOSENSE EXPERIMENT: MONO- AND BISTATIC SAR TOMOGRAPHY OF FORESTED AREAS AT P-, L-, AND C-BAND
Paper in proceeding, 2021
The TomoSense experiment comprises campaign and research activities in support of future Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) mission concepts at P-, L-, and C-band by the European Space Agency (ESA). The research is intended to provide a quantitative basis for the evaluation of single-pass interferometry over temperate forests at L- and C-band and investigate potential synergies between C-band convoy mission concepts and future P- and L-band missions. SAR acquisitions include P- L-, and C-band data acquired at the Eifel National Park in Germany by flying approximately 25 trajectories to provide tomographic imaging capabilities. L- and C-band data were acquired by simultaneously flying two aircraft to gather bistatic data with varying interferometric baselines. Field activities include forest census (dbh, tree height and species) at 80 plots and Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS). The dataset is complemented by small-footprint Airborne Lidar Scanning (ALS) and derived products. Preliminary results are here shown relative to polarimetric tomography at P-band and L-band imaging.
Forestry
Synthetic Aperture Radar
Synthetic Aperture Radar tomography
Bistatic radar
Author
S. Tebaldini
Polytechnic University of Milan
Mauro Mariotti d'Alessandro
Polytechnic University of Milan
Lars Ulander
Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)
Geoscience and Remote Sensing
A. Gustavsson
Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)
Alex Coccia
MetaSensing
Karlus Macedo
MetaSensing
Mathias Disney
University College London (UCL)
Hans Joachim Spors
Landesbetrieb Wald und Holz Nordrhein-Westfalen
Nico Schumacher
Landesbetrieb Wald und Holz Nordrhein-Westfalen
Jan Hanuš
Czech Academy of Sciences
Jan Novotný
Czech Academy of Sciences
Dirk Schuettemeyer
European Space Agency (ESA)
Klaus Scipal
European Space Agency (ESA)
International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Vol. 2021-July 7955-7958
9781665403696 (ISBN)
2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2021
Brussels, Belgium,
Brussels, Belgium,
Subject Categories
Aerospace Engineering
Remote Sensing
Forest Science
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9553043