Title :
Repeat-pass interferometric coherence measurements of tropical forest from JERS and ERS satellites
Author :
Luckman, Adrian ; Baker, John ; Wegmuller, Urs
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Geogr., Univ. of Wales, Swansea, UK
Abstract :
Interferometric coherence maps from 1-day repeat ERS and 44, 88 and 132-day repeat JERS data are derived and compared to biomass density estimates from a tropical forest area in Brazil. Results show that phase coherence adds significantly to the information available from these data
Keywords :
forestry; geophysical techniques; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; Brazil; ERS; InSAR; JERS; SAR interferometry; biomass density; forestry; geophysical measurement technique; interferometric coherence map; phase coherence; radar remote sensing; repeat-pass interferometric coherence; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; tropical forest; vegetation mapping; Backscatter; Biomass; Geography; Image resolution; L-band; Monitoring; Remote sensing; Satellite broadcasting; Spaceborne radar; Vegetation mapping;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4403-0
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1998.703665
