System, method, and apparatus for remote measurement of terrestrial biomass

Johnson, Patrick W

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Title: System, method, and apparatus for remote measurement of terrestrial biomass

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A system, method, and/or apparatus for remote measurement of terrestrial biomass contained in vegetative elements, such as large tree boles or trunks present in an area of interest, are provided. The method includes providing an airborne VHF radar system in combination with a LiDAR system, overflying the area of interest while directing energy toward the area of interest, using the VHF radar system to collect backscatter data from the trees as a function of incidence angle and frequency, and determining a magnitude of the biomass from the backscatter data and data from the laser radar system for each radar resolution cell. A biomass map is generated showing the magnitude of the biomass of the vegetative elements as a function of location on the map by using each resolution cell as a unique location thereon. In certain preferred embodiments, a single frequency is used with a linear array antenna.

Inventors:

Johnson, Patrick W ^[1]

Jefferson, MD

Issue Date:: 2011-04-12

Research Org.:: Zimmerman Associates, Inc. (Fairfax, VA)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1016724

Patent Number(s):: 7924210

Application Number:: US Patent Application 11/990,505

Assignee:: Zimmerman Associates, Inc. (Fairfax, VA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01S - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING

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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01S - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING
G01S13/865 - {Combination of radar systems with lidar systems}
G01S13/867 - {Combination of radar systems with cameras}
G01S13/90 - using synthetic aperture techniques {, e.g. synthetic aperture radar [SAR] techniques}
G01S17/89 - for mapping or imaging

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DOE Contract Number:: FG02-04ER84127

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION

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Title: System, method, and apparatus for remote measurement of terrestrial biomass

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Inventory of forest biomass in Brazilian Amazon: a local approach using airborne P-band SAR data conference, January 2001

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A Multiple Resource Inventory of Delaware Using Airborne Laser Data journal, January 2003

Relating forest biomass to SAR data journal, March 1992

A large carbon sink in the woody biomass of Northern forests journal, December 2001

On the retrieving of forest stem volume from VHF SAR data: observation and modeling journal, January 2001

Estimation of forest parameters using CARABAS-II VHF SAR data journal, March 2000

A model relating VHF-band backscatter to stem volume of coniferous boreal forest journal, March 2000

Ultra-wideband P-3 and CARABAS II foliage attenuation and backscatter analysis conference, January 2001

Estimating splash pine biomass using radar backscatter journal, May 1991

BioSAR/sup TM/: an inexpensive airborne VHF multiband SAR system for vegetation biomass measurement journal, May 2000

Retrieval of forest stem volume using VHF SAR journal, January 1997

Dependence of radar backscatter on coniferous forest biomass journal, March 1992

The 1 km resolution global data set: needs of the International Geosphere Biosphere Programme† journal, November 1994

Radar backscatter and biomass saturation: ramifications for global biomass inventory journal, March 1995

Dynamics of the forest communities at Pasoh and Barro Colorado: comparing two 50–ha plots journal, November 1999

A low-frequency radar experiment for measuring vegetation biomass journal, January 1998

Inventory of forest biomass in Brazilian Amazon: a local approach using airborne P-band SAR data
conference, January 2001

Land cover type and biomass classification using AirSAR data for evaluation of monitoring scenarios in the Colombian Amazon
journal, March 2000

A theoretical analysis of the effect of forest structure on synthetic aperture radar backscatter and the remote sensing of biomass
journal, March 1995

A Multiple Resource Inventory of Delaware Using Airborne Laser Data
journal, January 2003

Relating forest biomass to SAR data
journal, March 1992

A large carbon sink in the woody biomass of Northern forests
journal, December 2001

On the retrieving of forest stem volume from VHF SAR data: observation and modeling
journal, January 2001

Estimation of forest parameters using CARABAS-II VHF SAR data
journal, March 2000

A model relating VHF-band backscatter to stem volume of coniferous boreal forest
journal, March 2000

Ultra-wideband P-3 and CARABAS II foliage attenuation and backscatter analysis
conference, January 2001

Estimating splash pine biomass using radar backscatter
journal, May 1991

BioSAR/sup TM/: an inexpensive airborne VHF multiband SAR system for vegetation biomass measurement
journal, May 2000

Retrieval of forest stem volume using VHF SAR
journal, January 1997

Dependence of radar backscatter on coniferous forest biomass
journal, March 1992

The 1 km resolution global data set: needs of the International Geosphere Biosphere Programme†
journal, November 1994

Radar backscatter and biomass saturation: ramifications for global biomass inventory
journal, March 1995

Dynamics of the forest communities at Pasoh and Barro Colorado: comparing two 50–ha plots
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A low-frequency radar experiment for measuring vegetation biomass
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