An assessment of ALOS L-band polarimetry for land-use monitoring in Malawi

Author

Cloude, S.R. ; Lumsdon, P. ; Cassells, G. ; Woodhouse, I.H. ; Tembo, M.

Author_Institution

AEL Consultants, UK

Volume

3

fYear

2009

fDate

12-17 July 2009

Abstract

In this paper we investigate the advantages of using full quadpol low frequency radar imaging data for large area land-use classification and forest biomass estimation. We employ multiple PALSAR data sets over test sites in Malawi, Africa, where we have extensive in-situ measurements and ground campaigns for validation. We show how L-band PLR modes show great potential for quantitative land use applications and important sensitivity to above ground biomass.

Keywords

forestry; radar polarimetry; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation mapping; ALOS L-band polarimetry; Advanced Land Observing Satellite; Africa; Malawi; PALSAR data sets; Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar; forest biomass estimation; in-situ measurements; land-use classification; land-use monitoring; quadpol low frequency radar imaging data; radar polarimetry; Biomass; Frequency estimation; Geography; Geology; Government; L-band; Monitoring; Polarimetry; Satellites; Testing; ALOS PALSAR; Biomass estimation; Radar Polarimetry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5417931

Filename

5417931