Investigation of agricultural land use in Italy and Germany by means of the multi-band/multi-frequency SIR-C/X-SAR system

Author

Kühbauch, W. ; Davidson, M.J.W. ; Steingiesser, R. ; Dockter, K.

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Pflanzenbau, Bonn, Germany

Volume

2

fYear

34881

fDate

10-14 Jul1995

Firstpage

1061

Abstract

This study explored the application of multi-band/multi-frequency SIR-C/X-SAR images to agricultural remote sensing. The sensitivity of the backscattered signal with respect to crop or land cover type as well as crop conditions is evaluated. The ability of classify crops early during the growing season with such multi-parameter data sets and the contribution of the various frequencies to the correct classification of land cover types is also assessed. Data used for the study encompasses two well-separated test sites, one in southern Germany and the other in northern Italy

Keywords

agriculture; geophysical techniques; radar applications; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; Germany; Italy; SAR; SIR-C; X-SAR; agricultural land; agriculture; classification; classify; crops; geophysical measurement technique; land cover type; microwave imaging; multifrequency SIR; radar remote sensing; spaceborne radar; test site; vegetation mapping; Agriculture; Backscatter; Crops; Frequency; Radar imaging; Radar measurements; Radar polarimetry; Remote sensing; Space shuttles; Spaceborne radar; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International

Conference_Location

Firenze

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2567-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1995.521138

Filename

521138