• DocumentCode
    2263277
  • Title

    Terrain correction for quantitative moisture and roughness retrieval using polarimetric SAR data

  • Author

    Hajnsek, I. ; Pottier, E.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. Antennes et Telecommun., Rennes I Univ., France
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2000
  • Firstpage
    1307
  • Abstract
    In this work the potential of a new polarimetric method for terrain topography correction for soil moisture and surface roughness retrieval is investigated. For the estimation of surface parameters two empirical models and one recently developed polarimetry surface scattering model are used
  • Keywords
    geophysical techniques; hydrological techniques; moisture measurement; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; soil; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; SAR; geophysical measurement technique; hydrology; land surface; polarimetric SAR; quantitative method; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; rough surface; roughness retrieval; soil moisture; synthetic aperture radar; terrain correction; terrain mapping; Data mining; Information retrieval; Phase estimation; Polarization; Radar polarimetry; Radar scattering; Rough surfaces; Soil moisture; Surface roughness; Surface topography;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International
  • Conference_Location
    Honolulu, HI
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6359-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2000.858102
  • Filename
    858102