Title :
Tomographic analysis for boreal forests using single-pass L-band PolInSAR data
Author :
Yue Huang ; Qiaoping Zhang ; Schwaebisch, Marcus ; Ming Wei ; Mercer, Bryan
Author_Institution :
Intermap Technol. Corp., Calgary, AB, Canada
Abstract :
This paper addresses the estimation of forest heights and its underlying ground topography by applying dual-baseline SAR tomographic techniques to single-pass L-Band PolInSAR data. In this paper the feasibility of this special single-pass tomographic configuration is demontrated over boreal forests at the test site of Edson in Alberta, Canada. The estimated ground topography and tree top heights are validated against LiDAR data.
Keywords :
forestry; radar interferometry; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; tomography; vegetation mapping; Alberta; Canada; Edson; L-band PolInSAR data; boreal forests; dual baseline SAR tomographic techniques; forest height estimation; ground topography; single pass PolInSAR data; single pass tomographic configuration; tomographic analysis; Estimation; L-band; Laser radar; Surfaces; Tomography; Vectors; Vegetation;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2013 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-1114-1
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2013.6721091
