Potential application of multipolarization SAR for pine-plantation biomass estimation

Journal Article · Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987 · IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.1987.289811· OSTI ID:6203657

Wu, S T

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), Vol. GE-25:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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