Title :
Recent advances in Polarimetric SAR Interferometry for forest parameter estimation
Author :
Papathanassiou, Konstantinos P. ; Kugler, Florian ; Lee, Seungkuk ; Marotti, Luca ; Hajnsek, Irena
Author_Institution :
German Aerosp. Centre, Inst. of Radio Freq. Technol. & Radar Syst., Wessling
Abstract :
Polarimetric SAR Interferometry (Pol-InSAR) is a radar remote sensing technique that, based on the coherent combination of SAR interferometry and radar polarimetry, provides sensitivity to the vertical distribution of different scattering processes and makes the inversion of forest structure parameters possible. In this paper we present the main scientific results achieved in actual airborne campaigns, discuss the potential and limitations of the different inversion scenarios (based on different frequencies, temporal and spatial baselines) and draw the conclusions.
Keywords :
radar polarimetry; synthetic aperture radar; forest parameter estimation; polarimetric SAR interferometry; radar polarimetry; Coherence; Frequency estimation; L-band; Parameter estimation; Radar polarimetry; Radar remote sensing; Radar scattering; Radio interferometry; Synthetic aperture radar; Vegetation; Pol-InSAR; Porarimetric SAR Interferometry;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference, 2008. RADAR '08. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1538-0
Electronic_ISBN :
1097-5659
DOI :
10.1109/RADAR.2008.4720870