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.

Single polarization

Forestry

Radar

Above ground biomass

Synthetic aperture radar

Tomographic synthetic aperture radars

Carbon

Biomass retrieval

Carbon cycles

Global vegetation

Tomography

Space-borne

Northern sweden

Biomass

Boreal forests

Carbon cycle

Författare

Erik Blomberg

Chalmers, Rymd- och geovetenskap, Radarfjärranalys

Maciej Soja

Chalmers, Rymd- och geovetenskap, Radarfjärranalys

L. Ferro-Famil

Université de Rennes

Lars Ulander

Chalmers, Rymd- och geovetenskap, Radarfjärranalys

S. Tebaldini

Politecnico di Milano

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

03796566 (ISSN)

Vol. SP-740
978-929221305-3 (ISBN)

Ämneskategorier (SSIF 2011)

Geofysik

ISBN

978-929221305-3

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