Title :
Sensitivity of microwave backscattering to crop biomass
Author :
Luciani, S. ; Paloscia, S. ; Pampaloni, P. ; Schiavon, G. ; Sigismondi, S. ; Solimini, D.
Author_Institution :
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettronica, Rome Univ., Italy
Abstract :
A significant experiment for evaluating the potential of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) in monitoring soil and vegetation parameters is being carried out on an agricultural area located in Central Italy. The site has been imaged in 1991 by NASA/JPL AIRSAR during the MAC-91 Campaign and subsequently by ESA/ERS-1 and NASDA JERS-1 in 1992. The sensitivity to vegetation biomass of backscattering coefficient measured by ERS-1 and JERS-1 radars is discussed and compared with the best results achieved using the multifrequency polarimetric AIRSAR data
Keywords :
agriculture; backscatter; geophysical techniques; radar applications; radar cross-sections; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; AIRSAR; ERS-1; Italy; JERS-1; SAR; agriculture crops; backscattering coefficient; crop biomass; geophysical measurement technique; microwave radar; multifrequency polarimetric AIRSAR; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; radar scattering; sensitivity; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation mapping; Backscatter; Biomass; Condition monitoring; Crops; NASA; Radar imaging; Radar measurements; Soil; Synthetic aperture radar; Vegetation mapping;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International
Conference_Location :
Pasadena, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1497-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399584
