Experimental comparison of different scattering mechanism selections for vegetation height retrieval by POLINT

Author

Lopez-Sanchez, J.M. ; Fortuny, J. ; Sieber, A.J. ; Sagués, L. ; Bara, M. ; Fàbregas, X. ; Broquetas, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. de Fisica, Alicante Univ., Spain

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

138

Abstract

The application of polarimetric radar interferometry to the estimation of vegetation height is studied. A comparison between different choices for the scattering mechanisms employed in the retrieval algorithm is presented. When applied to crops, the best results are derived from the height difference between interferograms generated at HH+VV and HH-VV polarizations

Keywords

agriculture; backscatter; geophysical techniques; radar cross-sections; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; vegetation mapping; POLINT; agriculture; backscatter; canopy structure; crops; geophysical measurement technique; height difference; interferogram; polarimetric radar interferometry; polarization; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; radar scattering mechanism; retrieval algorithm; vegetation height; vegetation mapping; Crops; Electronic mail; Layout; Optical fiber polarization; Radar applications; Radar polarimetry; Radar scattering; Surface morphology; Surface topography; Vegetation mapping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6359-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2000.860447

Filename

860447