Title :
Utility of SARs for mapping forest disturbance in Siberia
Author :
Ranson, K.J. ; Sun, G. ; Kovacs, K. ; Kharuk, V.I.
Author_Institution :
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Abstract :
Radar backscatter data from multiple SAR satellites were acquired and analyzed for two sites subject to the forest disturbances in Western Siberia, Russia. The backscatter from disturbed and non-disturbed sites were analyzed and the individual and combined capabilities of ERS, JERS, and Radarsat evaluated. JERS was the single most useful radar for this analysis. The combination of radars improved the results.
Keywords :
forestry; geophysical techniques; remote sensing by radar; vegetation mapping; ERS; JERS; Radarsat; Russia; SAR; Siberia; backscatter; disturbance; forest; forestry; geophysical measurement technique; multiple satellites; radar remote sensing; radar scattering; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation mapping; Adaptive optics; Backscatter; Fires; Insects; Optical sensors; Radar detection; Satellites; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar; Thermal sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7536-X
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1026451
