X-band extinction in boreal forest: Estimation by using E-SAR POLInSAR and HUTSCAT

Author

Praks, Jaan ; Hallikainen, Martti ; Kugler, Florian ; Papathanassiou, Konstantinos P.

Author_Institution

Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Espoo

fYear

2007

fDate

23-28 July 2007

Firstpage

1128

Lastpage

1131

Abstract

In this paper we study the extinction coefficient of boreal forest by utilizing airborne E-SAR X-band POLInSAR and HUTSCAT X-band profiling scatterometer measurements. By combining E-SAR VV-pol coherency with HUTSCAT tree height measurements we calculate forest extinction coefficients by RVoG model inversion and compare the results with extinction values obtained from HUTSCAT measurements. For retrieval of the extinction coefficient we propose robust RVoG model inversion procedure and discuss the model inversion conditions. Our results show, that extinction coefficient for boreal forest is quite low even for X-band, especially from nadir looking instruments. The extinction coefficient of forest canopy retrieved from HUTSCAT measurements is 0.15 dB/m and retrieved from E-SAR and HUTSCAT measurements is 0.9 dB/m.

Keywords

forestry; geophysical techniques; radar interferometry; vegetation; E-SAR POLInSAR; HUTSCAT; RVoG model inversion; X-band extinction; X-band profiling scatterometry; boreal forest; forest extinction coefficients; tree height; Antenna measurements; Area measurement; Extinction coefficients; Helicopters; Instruments; Radar measurements; Scattering; Soil measurements; Space technology; Spaceborne radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1211-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1212-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423001

Filename

4423001