DocumentCode :
3537370
Title :
Backscatter and interferometry for estimating above-ground biomass of sparse woodland: A case study in Belize
Author :
Viergever, Karin M. ; Woodhouse, Iain H. ; Marino, Armando ; Brolly, Matthew ; Stuart, Neil
Author_Institution :
Ecometrica, Edinburgh, UK
Volume :
3
fYear :
2009
fDate :
12-17 July 2009
Abstract :
Tropical savannas cover 20% of the Earth´s land surface and are important ecosystems in the global carbon cycle due to their high productivity. This paper evaluates the use of SAR for estimating above-ground biomass of the woody vegetation in heterogeneous tropical savanna woodland in Belize, Central America. Single-pass shortwave InSAR data used are X-band (Intermap) and C-band (AIRSAR and SRTM). L- and P-band SAR backscatter data are from AIRSAR. Results show that SAR backscatter has a relatively low correlation to above ground biomass in the sparse savanna woodlands. Retrieved canopy heights from both X- and C-band InSAR give a better representation of the spatial distribution of AGB, but cannot be used to estimate biomass directly due to the heterogeneity of the canopy.
Keywords :
backscatter; radar interferometry; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation mapping; AIRSAR; Belize; C-band InSAR; Central America; InSAR data; SAR backscatter data; X-band InSAR; above-ground biomass; canopy heights; global carbon cycle; interferometry; sparse woodland; spatial distribution; tropical savannas; woody vegetation; Backscatter; Biomass; Earth; Ecosystems; Land surface; Productivity; Radar scattering; Synthetic aperture radar; Synthetic aperture radar interferometry; Vegetation mapping; InSAR; SAR backscatter; above ground biomass; savanna woodland; tree height;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium,2009 IEEE International,IGARSS 2009
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3394-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3395-7
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5417958
Filename :
5417958
Link To Document :
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