DocumentCode :
3332019
Title :
A biomass estimate over the harvard forest using field measurements with radar and lidar data
Author :
Ahmed, Razi ; Siqueira, Paul ; Bergen, Kathleen ; Chapman, Bruce ; Hensley, Scott
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
fYear :
2010
fDate :
25-30 July 2010
Firstpage :
4768
Lastpage :
4771
Abstract :
The National Research Council´s decadal survey recommended DESDynI as one of the high priority missions for NASA. The mission envisions an InSAR/Lidar instrument for observing ecosystem structures on global scales with high spatial resolutions. Consistent and highly resolved global maps of biomass and carbon stocks require highly accurate observations of vegetation, in fact it is expected that such accuracies would require a combination of the high vertical precision of Lidar observations and the large spatial extent of SAR/InSAR measurements. Here we analyze radar backscatter data along with biomass estimates from a field campaign conducted in the Harvard forest in Massachusetts, USA.
Keywords :
ecology; optical radar; radar interferometry; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation mapping; DESDynl; Harvard forest; InSAR; Lidar; Massachusetts; NASA; National Research Council decadal survey; USA; biomass estimate; carbon stocks; ecosystem structures; high spatial resolutions; radar backseatter data; vegetation; Backscatter; Biological system modeling; Biomass; Instruments; Laser radar; Pixel;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
ISSN :
2153-6996
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9565-8
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5651367
Filename :
5651367
Link To Document :
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