Simulated biomass retrieval from the spaceborne tomographic Saocom-CS mission at L-band
Paper i proceeding, 2016
This paper presents an evaluation of above-ground biomass (ABG) retrieval in boreal forests using simulated tomographic synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) data corresponding to the future SAOCOM-CS (L-band 1.275 GHz) mission. Using forest and radar data from the BioSAR 2008 campaign at the Krycklan test site in northern Sweden the expected performance of SAOCOM-CS is evaluated and compared with the E-SAR airborne Lband SAR (1.300 GHz). It is found that SAOCOM-CS data produce retrievals on par with those obtained with E-SAR, with retrievals having a relative RMSE of 30% or less. This holds true even if the acquisitions are limited to a single polarization, with HH results shown as an example.
Tomographic synthetic aperture radars
Radar
Biomass
Biomass retrieval
Carbon
Synthetic aperture radar
Space-borne
Forestry
Tomography
Northern sweden
Carbon cycle
Carbon cycles
Above ground biomass
Single polarization
Boreal forests
Global vegetation
Författare
Erik Blomberg
Chalmers, Rymd- och geovetenskap, Radarfjärranalys
Maciej Soja
Chalmers, Rymd- och geovetenskap, Radarfjärranalys
L. Ferro-Famil
Université de Rennes 1
Lars Ulander
Chalmers, Rymd- och geovetenskap, Radarfjärranalys
S. Tebaldini
Politecnico di Milano
European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP
03796566 (ISSN)
Vol. SP-740978-929221305-3 (ISBN)
Ämneskategorier
Geofysik
ISBN
978-929221305-3