Title :
Canopy classification with S-band polarimetric SAR data
Author :
Guida, Raffaella ; Natale, Antonio ; Bird, Rachel ; Whittaker, Philip ; Cohen, Martin ; Hall, David
Author_Institution :
Surrey Space Centre, Univ. of Surrey, Guildford, UK
Abstract :
New Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) missions in S-band are currently under design but the potential performance of this microwave frequency is still under discussion. This paper presents the outcomes of a study on canopy classification carried out with fully polarimetric S- and X-band datasets contemporaneously acquired by the Astrium airborne SAR demonstrator. Classical polarimetric decompositions have been applied to investigate the S-band capabilities in vegetation monitoring and preliminary results are here presented.
Keywords :
geophysical image processing; geophysical techniques; image classification; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation; Astrium airborne SAR demonstrator; S-band polarimetric SAR data; SAR missions; canopy classification; classical polarimetric decompositions; microwave frequency; polarimetric S-band dataset; polarimetric X-band dataset; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation monitoring; Agriculture; Calibration; Monitoring; Spaceborne radar; Spatial resolution; Synthetic aperture radar; Vegetation mapping; S-band; SAR; canopy; classification; polarimetry;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1160-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6352103
