Title :
Estimation of forest vertical sructure parameter by means of multi-baseline Pol-InSAR
Author :
Kugler, Florian ; Lee, Seung-Kuk ; Papathanassiou, Konstantinos P.
Author_Institution :
Microwaves & Radar Inst. (DLR-HR), German Aerosp. Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Abstract :
In this paper the impact of vertical forest structure on model based Pol-InSAR forest height inversion is discussed. For different scenarios appropriate extensions of the RVoG model are proposed and possible inversion schemata are suggested and validated against experimental data and ground measurements.
Keywords :
radar interferometry; radar polarimetry; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation mapping; RVoG model; Random Volume over Ground model; boreal forest; extinction RVog; forest height inversion; forest vertical structure parameter; ground measurements; multi-baseline Pol-InSAR; Additive noise; Additive white noise; Aerodynamics; Decorrelation; Geometry; L-band; Radar scattering; Scattering parameters; Shape; Signal to noise ratio; PolInSAR; boreal forest; extinction RVog; forest height; forest structure;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium,2009 IEEE International,IGARSS 2009
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3394-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3395-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5417478
