Title :
A ground based polarimetric scatterometer experiment in French Guiana forest
Author :
Albinet, C. ; Borderies, P. ; Koleck, T. ; Rocca, F. ; Tebaldini, S. ; Le Toan, T. ; Villard, L.
Author_Institution :
ONERA, Toulouse, France
Abstract :
This paper deals with a ground experiment and its modelization, related to the future spaceborne BIOMASS mission for global forest biomass estimation.
Keywords :
radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; vegetation; french Guiana forest; global forest biomass estimation; ground based polarimetric scatterometer experiment; spaceborne BIOMASS mission; Antenna measurements; Backscatter; Biological system modeling; Biomass; Instruments; Poles and towers; Tomography; PolInSAR; biomass; height estimation; multi-frequency;
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.2011.6049361