Potential application of multipolarization SAR for pine-plantation biomass estimation
This paper presents the techniques and the potential utility of multipolarization Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data for pine-plantation biomass estimation. Three channels of SAR data, one from the Shuttle Imaging Radar SIR-A and the other two from the aircraft SAR, were acquired over the Baldwin County, Alabama, study area. The SIR-A data were acquired with HH polarization and the aircraft SAR data with VV and VH polarizations. Linear regression techniques are used to estimate the pine-plantation biomass, tree height, and age using 21 test plots. The results indicate that the multipolarization data are highly related to the plantation biomass. The results suggest a potential application of multipolarization SAR for pine-plantation biomass estimation.
- Research Organization:
- Earth Resources Lab., NASA National Space Technology Labs., MS 39529
- OSTI ID:
- 6203657
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens.; (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens.; (United States) Vol. GE-25:3; ISSN IGRSD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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FORECASTING
HEIGHT
IMAGE PROCESSING
MATHEMATICS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
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RANGE FINDERS
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REMOTE SENSING
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