Title :
Polarimetric properties of boreal forest in L- and C-band SAR images
Author :
Praks, Jaan ; Alasalmi, Hanna ; Hallikainen, Martti
Author_Institution :
Lab. of Space Technol., Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Espoo, Finland
Abstract :
In this study the usability of L- and C-band SAR polarimetry in boreal forest remote sensing is examined and discussed. The influence of snow cover, weather conditions, forest type and several other aspects to forest backscattering in L- and C-bands is investigated by using multitemporal polarimetric images
Keywords :
forestry; geophysical techniques; radar cross-sections; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation mapping; C-band; Finland; L-band; SAR; SHF; UHF; backscatter; backscattering; boreal forest; forest; forest type; geophysical measurement technique; polarization; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; radar scattering; snow cover; vegetation mapping; weather conditions; Backscatter; Covariance matrix; Instruments; Laboratories; Land surface temperature; Matrix decomposition; Remote sensing; Snow; Space technology; Testing;
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.2001.978251
