Title :
BioSARTM: an inexpensive airborne VHF multiband SAR system for vegetation biomass measurement
Author :
Imhoff, Marc L. ; Johnson, Patrick ; Holford, Warren ; Hyer, Joseph ; May, Lisa ; Lawrence, William ; Harcombe, Paul
Author_Institution :
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
fDate :
5/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A pulse coherent synthetic aperture radar (SAR) operating between 80-120 MHz has been developed in an attempt to measure heavy forest biomass. The sensor uses a nadir-pointing antenna configuration and collects data in a 300-m wide swath on the ground along the flight line
Keywords :
airborne radar; forestry; geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation mapping; 80 to 120 MHz; BioSAR; VHF radar; airborne radar; biomass; geophysical measurement technique; heavy forest; multiband SAR; nadir-pointing antenna; pulse coherent radar; radar remote sensing; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation mapping; Antenna measurements; Biomass; Doppler radar; Frequency; Ground penetrating radar; Pulse measurements; Radar antennas; Radar remote sensing; Radar tracking; Vegetation mapping;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
