Polarimetric interferometry in the Glen Affric project: results & conclusions

Author

Woodhouse, H. ; Cloude, S. ; Papathanassiou, K. ; Hope, J. ; Suarez, J. ; Osborne, P. ; Wright, G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Geogr., Edinburgh Univ., UK

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

820

Abstract

In this paper we summarise the recent results from the Glen Affric radar project, a multi-disciplinary program addressing the potential of polarimetric radar interferometry to provide vegetation structural information of importance in forest mapping and ecology studies. We present a comparison of results from L-band repeat pass SAR imagery with detailed in-situ measurements of forest height and topography.

Keywords

forestry; geophysical techniques; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation mapping; AD 2000; Caledonian forest; Glen Affric Project; Highlands; InSAR; L-band; Pinus sylvestris; Scotland; UHF; UK; United Kingdom; canopy structure; forest; geophysical measurement technique; mountainous; polarimetric interferometry; polarimetric radar; radar interferometry; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; repeat pass SAR imagery; scots pine; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation mapping; Coherence; Interferometry; Polarization; Radar imaging; Radar polarimetry; Radar remote sensing; Radar scattering; Surfaces; Testing; Vegetation mapping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7536-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1025696

Filename

1025696