Title :
Coherence dependency of the PALSAR POLinSAR on forest in japan and amazon
Author :
Shimada, Masanobu
Author_Institution :
Japan Aerosp. & Exploration Agency, Tsukuba
Abstract :
PALSAR PolInSAR capability was evaluated. One of the important capabilities that the PolInSAR offers is to estimate the forest height. For one-year and more months after the launch of the ALOS on Jan. 24 2006, PLASAR observed several test areas using the polarimetry modes repeatedly. We applied the PolInSAR method to retrieve the forest heights of the four test sites in Japan and Amazon. In this paper, we introduce an applied method and results. The results show that the forest tree height can be estimated with good accuracy.
Keywords :
coherence; forestry; radar polarimetry; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation; AD 2006 01 24; ALOS; Amazon; Japan; PALSAR POLinSAR; coherence dependency; forest height; Calibration; Earth; Frequency; Monitoring; Noise measurement; Polarimetry; Polarization; Scattering; Stability; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1211-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1212-9
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423386
