Overview of three ground based radar experiments for the monitoring of temporal and spatial variability of P-band radar backscattering over temperate and tropical forests

Author

Albinet, C. ; Borderies, P. ; Le Toan, T. ; Hamadi, A. ; Koleck, T. ; Burban, B. ; Pottier, E. ; Dubois-Fernandez, P.

Author_Institution

Centre d´Etudes Spatiales de la Biosphere (CESBIO), Toulouse, France

fYear

2014

fDate

13-18 July 2014

Firstpage

2317

Lastpage

2320

Abstract

This paper deals with the overview of three ground based radar experiments: two scatterometers continuously measuring the backscattering of a temperate tree and of a tropical forest plot and a campaign imaging 10 forest plots with high resolution tomography. The results exhibited some common trends with the presence of diurnal cycles for the Radar Cross Section (RCS) and for the coherence in both temperate and tropical region. The comparison of scatterometers time series and the tomographic campaign showed a higher influence of the geometrical parameters compared with the biophysical parameters.

Keywords

backscatter; forestry; radiowave propagation; remote sensing by radar; tomography; P-band radar backscattering; biophysical parameters; diurnal cycles; ground based radar experiments; high resolution tomography; radar backscattering spatial variability; radar backscattering temporal variability; radar cross section; radar scatterometers; temperate forests; temperate tree plot radar backscattering; tropical forest plot radar backscattering; tropical forests; Biomass; Coherence; Radar cross-sections; Soil measurements; Spaceborne radar; Vegetation; SAR; ground experiment; high resolution; temperate forests; tropical forests;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2014 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Quebec City, QC

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946934

Filename

6946934