Title :
Mapping deforestation in Amazon with ERS SAR interferometry
Author :
Strozzi, Tazio ; Wegmuller, Urs ; Luckman, Adrian ; Balzter, Heiko
Author_Institution :
Gamma Remote Sensing, Switzerland
Abstract :
Deforestation in a part of Rondonia State in the Brazilian Amazon has been mapped by means of ERS SAR interferometry. The thematic information of the one day coherence, the backscattering intensity and the temporal change of backscattering intensity were used jointly in this analysis. The results show that along the Cuiaba-Porto Velho road a large area has been deforested for timber extraction, shifting cultivation and permanent agriculture and pasture
Keywords :
agriculture; radiowave interferometry; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation mapping; Amazon region; Brazil; Cuiaba-Porto Velho road; ERS SAR interferometry; Rondonia State; backscattering intensity; deforestation; mapping; one day coherence; pasture; permanent agriculture; shifting cultivation; temporal change; thematic information; timber extraction; Agriculture; Backscatter; Carbon dioxide; Filtering; Global warming; Interferometry; Remote monitoring; Roads; Terrain mapping; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International
Conference_Location :
Hamburg
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5207-6
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1999.774434
