Title :
Passive microwave remote sensing of vegetation biomass
Author :
Macelloni, G. ; Paloscia, S. ; Pampaloni, P. ; Ruisi, R. ; Susini, C.
Author_Institution :
Istituto di Ricerca sulle Onde Elettromagnetiche, CNR, Firenze, Italy
Abstract :
Experimental and theoretical investigations carried out over the past years at CNR in Florence and by other scientists worldwide, have pointed out that microwave emission is sensitive to vegetation biomass. The potential of microwave radiometry in the detection of vegetation biomass on different spatial scales has been further investigated by analyzing multitemporal data collected with the Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SMM/I) on several European test areas and in field experiments with a ground based radiometer. The results are reported and discussed
Keywords :
geophysical techniques; microwave measurement; radiometry; remote sensing; Europe; SMM/I; Special Sensor Microwave Imager; geophysical measurement technique; microwave emission; microwave radiometry; multitemporal data; passive microwave remote sensing; remote sensing; spatial scale; vegetation biomass; vegetation mapping; Biomass; Biosensors; Data analysis; Image analysis; Image sensors; Microwave radiometry; Microwave sensors; Passive microwave remote sensing; Testing; 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.1994.399585
