• DocumentCode
    2140181
  • 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
  • Volume
    7
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    3050
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International
  • Conference_Location
    Sydney, NSW
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7031-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2001.978251
  • Filename
    978251