Modelling of interferometric phase for forested areas

Author

Thirion, L. ; Borderies, P. ; Chênerie, I. ; Mougin, E. ; Proisy, C.

Author_Institution

ONERA-CERT, Toulouse, France

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

401

Abstract

We present a coherent model to study radar backscattering by forested areas. This full wave model is based on complex summation of fields radiated by all forest contributors (leaves, branches, trunks, soil) at the observer locations. This fully coherent model uses outputs of a coupled incoherent one, which alleviates the computational effort. The models are described and the Fontainebleau forest briefly presented. We display the center phase height derived from interferometric complex coherence simulations using ground truth descriptions. The influence of parameters like frequency and polarisation is investigated

Keywords

backscatter; forestry; radiowave interferometry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; Fontainebleau forest; branches; center phase height; coherent -model; forested areas; frequency; full wave model; ground truth descriptions; interferometric complex coherence simulations; interferometric phase; leaves; polarisation; radar backscattering; soil; trunks; Attenuation; Computational modeling; Displays; Electromagnetic scattering; Frequency estimation; Radar scattering; Soil; Spaceborne radar; Testing; Vegetation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7031-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2001.976171

Filename

976171