Tropical forest monitoring using data from the ERS-1 Wind Scatterometer

Author

Woodhouse, Iain H. ; Hoekman, Dirk H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Water Resources, Wageningen Agric. Univ., Netherlands

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

27-31 May 1996

Firstpage

845

Abstract

In this study, ERS-1 Wind Scatterometer data is used to map regions of tropical rainforest in the Amazon Basin, Africa and Borneo. Within these regions the seasonal and spatial variations of the backscatter characteristics are investigated. Through the use of additional spaceborne SAR data some possible explanations are presented characteristics observed. The results demonstrate potential of scatterometer data for meso-scale monitoring of tropical forest

Keywords

backscatter; forestry; geophysical techniques; radar cross-sections; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; 5.3 GHz; Africa; Amazon Basin; Borneo; Brazil; C-band; ERS-1 wind scatterometer; SAR; SHF; South America; backscatter characteristics; forestry; geophysical measurement technique; land surface; radar remote sensing; radar scattering; radar scatterometry; rainforest; spaceborne radar; tropical forest; vegetation mapping; Africa; Backscatter; Histograms; Instruments; Monitoring; Radar measurements; Sea measurements; Spaceborne radar; Water resources; Wind;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1996. IGARSS '96. 'Remote Sensing for a Sustainable Future.', International

Conference_Location

Lincoln, NE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3068-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1996.516496

Filename

516496