JERS SAR processing for the boreal forest mapping project SIBERIA

Author

Wiesmann, Andreas ; Strozzi, Tazio ; Wegmuller, Urs

Author_Institution

Gamma Remote Sensing, Bern, Switzerland

Volume

4

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

2115

Abstract

In the frame of the EC Environment and Climate Programme project, SIBERIA, an extensive forest map for a part of Siberia will be produced using state-of-the art satellite data and remote sensing techniques. Among other sensors the JERS SAR will be used. In this contribution important steps in the JERS processing is discussed, including radiometric calibration, geocoding, and fine registration to ERS data. In addition, a preliminary comparison of the registered ERS and JERS σ° values is presented

Keywords

forestry; geophysical signal processing; geophysical techniques; image registration; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation mapping; EC Environment and Climate Programme project; JERS; Russia; SAR processing; SIBERIA; boreal forest; fine registration; forestry; geocoding; geophysical measurement technique; radar imaging; radar remote sensing; radiometric calibration; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation mapping; Art; Backscatter; Calibration; Gain control; L-band; Production; Radiometry; Remote monitoring; Remote sensing; Satellite broadcasting;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International

Conference_Location

Hamburg

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5207-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1999.775048

Filename

775048