Interpretation and analysis of polarimetric L-band E-SAR-data for the derivation of hydrologic land surface parameters

Author

Thiel, C. ; Gruenler, S. ; Herold, M. ; Hochschild, V. ; Jaeger, G. ; Hellmann, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Geogr., Friedrich-Schiller-Univ., Jena, Germany

Volume

7

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

3215

Abstract

Evaluates the use of polarimetric L-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) information for applied derivation of important hydrologic parameters. In most cases empirical relationships between SAR-data and water cycle components are investigated as a first step towards hydrological information extraction. The use of polarimetric parameters for hydrological modelling is analysed. Furthermore, the dependency of the polarimetric parameters from the local incidence angle is investigated

Keywords

airborne radar; hydrological techniques; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; Zeulenroda drinking water reservoir; airborne experimental SAR; hydrologic land surface parameters; hydrological information extraction; local incidence angle; polarimetric L-band synthetic aperture radar; polarimetric parameters; water cycle; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Backscatter; Entropy; Geography; L-band; Land surface; Remote sensing; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar; Vegetation;

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.2001.978307

Filename

978307