The potential of C- and L-band SAR in estimating vegetation biomass: the ERS-1 and JERS-1 experiments

Author

Paloscia, Simonetta ; Macelloni, Giovanni ; Pampaloni, Paolo ; Sigismondi, Simone

Author_Institution

Ist. di Ricerca sulle Onde Elettromagnetiche, CNR, Firenze, Italy

Volume

37

Issue

4

fYear

1999

fDate

7/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2107

Lastpage

2110

Abstract

The sensitivity of backscattering coefficient, measured by ERS-1 and JERS-1 radars, to vegetation biomass is discussed and compared with the best results achieved using multifrequency polarimetric JPL-AIRSAR data. Experimental results show that measurements with JERS-1/L-band and ERS-1/C-band SAR provide the means for detecting vegetation growth. In particular, the C-band signal of ERS radar was found to be very well correlated to forest woody volume

Keywords

backscatter; forestry; geophysical techniques; radar cross-sections; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation mapping; C-band; ERS-1; JERS-1; L-band; SAR; SHF; UHF; backscattering coefficient; detection; forest; forestry; geophysical measurement technique; radar remote sensing; radar scattering; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation biomass; vegetation growth; vegetation mapping; woody volume; Backscatter; Biomass; Crops; L-band; Polarization; Radar polarimetry; Remote monitoring; Satellites; Soil; Vegetation mapping;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/36.774723

Filename

774723