The structure of oriented vegetation from polarimetric interferometry

Author

Treuhaft, Robert N. ; Cloude, Shane R.

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

37

Issue

5

fYear

1999

fDate

9/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2620

Lastpage

2624

Abstract

Polarimetric radar interferometry is much more sensitive to the distribution of oriented objects in a vegetated land surface than either polarimetry or interferometry alone. This paper shows that single-baseline polarimetric interferometry can be used to estimate the heights of oriented-vegetation volumes and underlying topography, while at least two baselines are needed for randomly oriented volumes. Single-baseline, calculated vegetation-height accuracies are in the range of 2-8 m for reasonable levels of vegetation orientation in forest canopies

Keywords

geophysical techniques; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; vegetation mapping; forest canopy; forestry; geophysical measurement technique; height; oriented object; oriented vegetation; oriented-vegetation volume; polarimetric interferometry; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; randomly oriented volume; single-baseline polarimetric interferometry; underlying topography; vegetated land surface; vegetation mapping; Electromagnetic scattering; Land surface; Polarization; Radar interferometry; Radar polarimetry; Radar scattering; Remote monitoring; Surface topography; Vegetation; Volume measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/36.789657

Filename

789657