Radar modeling of a boreal forest

Author

Chauhan, Narinder S. ; Lang, Roger H. ; Ranson, K. Jon

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., George Washington Univ., Washington, DC, USA

Volume

29

Issue

4

fYear

1991

fDate

7/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

627

Lastpage

638

Abstract

The authors report on the use of microwave modeling, ground truth, and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data to investigate the characteristics of forest stands. A mixed coniferous forest stand has been modeled at SAR frequencies (P-, L-, and C-bands). The extensive measurements of ground truth and canopy geometry parameters were performed in a 200 m-square hemlock-dominated plot inside a forest. Hemlock trees in the forest are modeled by characterizing tree trunks, branches, and needles (leaves) with randomly oriented, lossy dielectric cylinders whose area and orientation distributions are prescribed. The distorted Born approximation is used to compute the backscatter at P-, L-, and C-SAR frequencies

Keywords

forestry; geophysical techniques; remote sensing by radar; C-band; L-band; P-band; SAR; SHF; boreal forest; canopy geometry; coniferous; ground truth; hemlock; land surface; measurement; microwave; microwave modeling; radar remote sensing; synthetic aperture radar; technique; tree; vegetation; Approximation methods; Dielectric losses; Dielectric measurements; Distortion measurement; Frequency; Geometry; Needles; Performance evaluation; Scattering; Synthetic aperture radar;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/36.135825

Filename

135825