Classification of forest types on the basis of analysis of radar images

Author

Bragin, I.V. ; Sgibnev, V.P. ; Tsutskov, V.V. ; Bragin, S.I.

Author_Institution

MPEI, Moscow, Russia

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

583

Lastpage

586

Abstract

The paper presents the normalised radar cross sections σ⁰ of different forests (coniferous, mixed and deciduous) in the Moscow region. The measurements were carried out by SIR C SAR for different combinations of receiving/transmitting polarisations (HH, VV and HV) in different frequency bands (L and C) at the number of observation angles (21⁰ and 63⁰). The model of the forest having layers consisting of linear scatterers with different characteristics was proposed. The possibility of forest type classification using L-band polarimetric data was discussed

Keywords

forestry; geophysical techniques; radar cross-sections; radar imaging; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation mapping; L-band; Moscow region; Russia; SIR C SAR; UHF; forest type classification; geophysical measurement technique; linear scatterers; normalised radar cross sections; polarimetric data; radar images; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; receiving/transmitting polarisations; vegetation mapping; Earth; Electromagnetic scattering; Optical scattering; Optical surface waves; Polarization; Radar cross section; Radar imaging; Radar polarimetry; Radar scattering; Spaceborne radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology, 2000, 2nd International Conference on. ICMMT 2000

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5743-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMMT.2000.895752

Filename

895752