SAR polarimetric features of agricultural areas

Author

Baronti, S. ; Del Frate, Fabio ; Paloscia, S. ; Pampaloni, P. ; Schiavon, G. ; Solimini, D.

Author_Institution

Istituto di Ricerca sulle Onde Elettromagnetiche, CNR, Firenze, Italy

fYear

1993

fDate

18-21 Aug 1993

Firstpage

27

Abstract

The potential of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) in monitoring soil and vegetation parameters is being evaluated worldwide through extensive investigations. A significant experiment performed on this subject was the Multi-sensor Airborne Campaign (MAC 91), carried out during the northern summer of 1991 on several sites in Europe, based on the NASA/JPL polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (AIRSAR). The site of Montespertoli (Italy) was imaged three times during this campaign. Calibrated polarimetric data collected over the agricultural area of this site have been analysed and critical analysis of the information contained in linear and circular co-polar and cross-polar data has also been carried out

Keywords

agriculture; geophysical techniques; polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; AD 1991; AIRSAR; Europe; Italy; MAC 91; Montespertoli; Multi-sensor Airborne Campaign; NASA/JPL polarimetric synthetic aperture radar; SAR polarimetric feature; agricultural area; agriculture; geophysical measurement technique; land surface vegetation; radar remote sensing; rural area; soil; terrain mapping; Area measurement; Condition monitoring; Geophysical measurements; Information analysis; NASA; Remote monitoring; Sea measurements; Soil; Synthetic aperture radar; Vegetation mapping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1993. IGARSS '93. Better Understanding of Earth Environment., International

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1240-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1993.322466

Filename

322466