Title :
Ecosar: A P- band digital beamforming Polarimetric Interferometric SAR instrument to measure ecosystem structure and biomass
Author :
Fatoyinbo, Temilola ; Rincon, Rafael F. ; Sun, Guoqing ; Ranson, K. Jon
Author_Institution :
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Abstract :
In this paper we describe the EcoSAR concept, an airborne Polarimetric and Interferometric P- band SAR instrument that will provide unprecedented twoand three dimensional fine scale measurements of terrestrial ecosystem structure and biomass. These measurements are directly traceable to upcoming international radar missions and the National Research Council´s Decadal Survey ecosystem measurement requirements.
Keywords :
airborne radar; ecology; geophysical techniques; radar interferometry; radar polarimetry; synthetic aperture radar; 2D fine scale measurement; 3D fine scale measurement; EcoSAR concept; National Research Council Decadal Survey ecosystem measurement; P-band digital beamforming polarimetric interferometric SAR instrument; airborne polarimetric P-band SAR instrument; international radar missions; terrestrial ecosystem structure; Biomass; Carbon; Current measurement; Ecosystems; Instruments; Synthetic aperture radar; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1003-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049358
