Title :
Classification of forest types on the basis of analysis of radar images
Author :
Bragin, I.V. ; Sgibnev, V.P. ; Tsutskov, V.V. ; Bragin, S.I.
Author_Institution :
MPEI, Moscow, Russia
Abstract :
The paper presents the normalised radar cross sections σ0 of different forests (coniferous, mixed and deciduous) in the Moscow region. The measurements were carried out by SIR C SAR for different combinations of receiving/transmitting polarisations (HH, VV and HV) in different frequency bands (L and C) at the number of observation angles (210 and 630). The model of the forest having layers consisting of linear scatterers with different characteristics was proposed. The possibility of forest type classification using L-band polarimetric data was discussed
Keywords :
forestry; geophysical techniques; radar cross-sections; radar imaging; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation mapping; L-band; Moscow region; Russia; SIR C SAR; UHF; forest type classification; geophysical measurement technique; linear scatterers; normalised radar cross sections; polarimetric data; radar images; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; receiving/transmitting polarisations; vegetation mapping; Earth; Electromagnetic scattering; Optical scattering; Optical surface waves; Polarization; Radar cross section; Radar imaging; Radar polarimetry; Radar scattering; Spaceborne radar;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology, 2000, 2nd International Conference on. ICMMT 2000
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5743-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICMMT.2000.895752
