Tropical forest fire scar studies using multi-temporal ERS 1/2 INSAR data

Author

Kwoh, Leong Keong ; Liew, Soo Chin ; Padmanabhan, Karunakaran ; Lim, Oo Kaw

Author_Institution

Fac. of Sci., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore

Volume

3

fYear

1998

fDate

6-10 Jul 1998

Firstpage

1611

Abstract

The interferometric coherence component of tandem ERS 1/2 data was used to study the extent of some 1997 forest fire scars near Banjarmasin, Kalimantan, Indonesia. Interferometric coherence of ERS 1/2 tandem SAR data has been shown to be a very reliable tool for discriminating between vegetated and non-vegetated areas, even in the tropical forest. To distinguish fire burnt scars from natural clear areas, two sets of ERS 1/2 tandem data over the same region, one set acquired in June 1996 (before the 1997 forest fire) and another set in October 1997 (at the end of the 1997 forest fire) were processed and a comparison made

Keywords

fires; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; AD 1996 06; AD 1997 10; Banjarmasin; ERS 1/2 tandem SAR data; Indonesia; Kalimantan; interferometric coherence component; multitemporal ERS 1/2 INSAR data; natural clear areas; nonvegetated areas; tropical forest fire scar; vegetated areas; Clouds; Data acquisition; Fires; Optical imaging; Optical interferometry; Optical sensors; Remote sensing; Satellite ground stations; Smoke detectors; Synthetic aperture radar interferometry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4403-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1998.691639

Filename

691639