Title :
L- and P-band for surface parameter estimation
Author :
Hajnsek, I. ; Papathanassiou, K.P. ; Cloude, S.R.
Author_Institution :
Div. SAR Technol., German Aerosp. Center e.V., Wessling, Germany
Abstract :
This work presents a first qualitative and quantitative comparison of fully polarimetric SAR data at L- and P-band with respect to surface parameter estimation. The potential combination of these two frequencies in order to obtain more robust estimates and/or to extend the validity range of the inversion algorithms is investigated based on experimental data acquired by DLR´s airborne SAR system
Keywords :
geophysical techniques; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; vegetation mapping; L-band; P-band; UHF; VHF; geophysical measurement technique; inversion algorithm; land surface; polarimetric SAR; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; surface parameter estimation; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; vegetation mapping; Frequency estimation; L-band; Moisture measurement; Parameter estimation; Polarization; Robustness; Rough surfaces; Scattering; Soil moisture; Surface roughness;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7031-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2001.978159
