Title :
Forest height estimation using single-pass dual-baseline L-Band PolInSAR data
Author :
Zhang, Qiaoping ; Huang, Yue ; Schwaebisch, Marcus ; Mercer, Bryan ; Wei, Ming
Author_Institution :
Intermap Technol. Corp., Calgary, AB, Canada
Abstract :
Two SAR tomographic estimators, namely the Capon method and the MUSIC method, are combined for the purposes of tree top height estimation and ground elevation retrieval from the dual-baseline datasets acquired by an experimental single-pass fully polarimetric L-Band InSAR system. Over two test sites, the preliminary results demonstrate a better estimation performance than our previously published results [4,5] using established single-baseline PolInSAR retrieval approaches.
Keywords :
remote sensing by radar; vegetation; Capon method; MUSIC method; SAR tomographic estimators; dual-baseline datasets; forest height estimation; ground elevation retrieval; polarimetric L-Band InSAR system; single-baseline PolInSAR retrieval approaches; single-pass dual-baseline L-band PolInSAR data; tree top height estimation; Estimation; L-band; Multiple signal classification; Surfaces; Synthetic aperture radar; Tomography; Vegetation; Forest; Polarimetry; SAR; Tomography;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1160-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6351946