Title :
Tropical forest biomass measurement by backscatter and DEM information as derived from airborne SAR
Author :
Neeff, T. ; Neeff, Till ; Dutra, Luciano Vieira ; Dos Santos, Jo?£o Roberto ; Da Costa Freitas, Corina ; Araujo, Luciana Spinelli
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Environ. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
A new approach to tropical forest biomass monitoring with airborne interferometric X- and P-band SAR data is presented. For the first time radar backscatter is used along with remotely sensed vegetation height to measure tropical forest biomass. The statistical models yield excellent fit statistics, and the well-known ´backscatter saturation effect´ is overcome. This research is discussed in more detail.
Keywords :
airborne radar; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation mapping; Brazil; Brazilian Amazon; DEM information; Digital Surface Model; Tapajos National Park; airborne SAR; airborne interferometric; backscatter saturation effect; radar backscatter; synthetic aperture radar; tropical forest biomass; Backscatter; Biomass; Electromagnetic measurements; Laser radar; Optical interferometry; Radar measurements; Radar remote sensing; Remote monitoring; Remote sensing; Vegetation mapping;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7929-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1294512
