Laboratory experiments of polarimetric radar interferometry: DEM generation and vegetation height estimation

Author

Lopez-Sanchez, J.M. ; Sagués, L. ; Fortuny, J. ; Fàbregas, X. ; Broquetas, A. ; Sieber, A.J. ; Cloude, S.R.

Author_Institution

Space Appl. Inst., Ispra, Italy

Volume

4

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

2206

Abstract

A coherence optimization method, which makes use of polarimetry to enhance the quality of the interferograms, has been experimentally tested under laboratory conditions in an anechoic chamber. The experiments have proved the remarkable contribution that this technique offers in two important applications: the improvement of digital elevation maps (DEM) generation and the estimation of the height of vegetation targets

Keywords

forestry; geodesy; geophysical techniques; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; terrain mapping; topography (Earth); vegetation mapping; DEM generation; coherence optimization method; digital elevation map; digital elevation model; forest; forestry; geodesy; geophysical measurement technique; height estimation; interferogram; land surface topography; polarimetric radar; polarimetry; radar interferometry; terrain mapping; tree height; vegetation mapping; Anechoic chambers; Decorrelation; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Electronic mail; Laboratories; Polarization; Radar interferometry; Radar scattering; Testing; Vegetation mapping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International

Conference_Location

Hamburg

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5207-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1999.775078

Filename

775078