• DocumentCode
    1872417
  • Title

    Some peculiarities of polarimetric classification for winter data takes

  • Author

    Zakharova, Ludmila

  • Author_Institution
    IRE RAS, Fryazino, Russia
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    24-29 July 2011
  • Firstpage
    389
  • Lastpage
    392
  • Abstract
    The paper demonstrates a difference in polarimetric classification results for winter and summer data takes. 30 PALSAR scenes over 2 Siberian test sites were processed, and the results were compared with meteoarchive data. Scattering matrix elements decrease in different way under freezing conditions, so the dominant scattering mechanism changes. Thus in winter the surface type of scattering becomes the prevailing mechanism even for forests, whereas in summer they demonstrate volume scattering.
  • Keywords
    atmospheric boundary layer; atmospheric optics; atmospheric techniques; atmospheric temperature; forestry; radar polarimetry; synthetic aperture radar; PALSAR; Siberian test site; dominant scattering mechanism; forests; freezing condition; polarimetric classification; scattering matrix elements; volume scattering; winter data; Clouds; Entropy; Rain; Scattering; Snow; Temperature distribution; SAR polarimetry; Synthetic Aperture Radars (SAR); land cover classification; polarimetric decompositions; scattering mechanism;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Vancouver, BC
  • ISSN
    2153-6996
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1003-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6048981
  • Filename
    6048981