NDLI: LIDAR-Aided SAR Interferometry Studies in Boreal Forest: Scattering Phase Center and Extinction Coefficient at X- and L-Band

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Author	Praks, J. Antropov, O. Hallikainen, M.T.
Copyright Year	1980
Abstract	Scattering phase center (SPC) location in boreal forests was studied in order to assist forest inventory with single- and quad-pol synthetic aperture radar (SAR) interferometry. Airborne X- and L-band interferometric SAR data collected by the DLR E-SAR instrument in southern Finland during the FINSAR campaign was used in the study. A simple Random Volume over Ground (RVoG) model was employed as the theoretical framework for inversion of forest parameters and interpretation of the obtained results. LIDAR measurements of the canopy height and terrain elevation were used as reference and auxiliary data. The RVoG model was found to satisfactorily explain the SPC location inside the canopy in boreal forests. We show that when using X-band, the height of the SPC is typically about 75% of the canopy height, as predicted by the RVoG model; however, the retrieved extinction was found to be rather low. The feasibility of highly accurate tree height inversion using single-polarization X-band interferometry (with RMSE approaching 1.5 m) is demonstrated using a digital terrain model. For this purpose, the traditional polarimetric interferometry SAR technique for phase center retrieval is modified to include a complementary LIDAR measured terrain model. At L-band, the phase center height was determined to be around 50% of the canopy height and even lower, indicating that the ground contribution is significant. Moreover, several simplified inversion approaches for tree height and extinction coefficient retrieval were considered based on several boundary cases of the RVoG model, describing the canopy frequently encountered in boreal forest environments. These analyses allowed developing a combined approach for simultaneous estimation of both forest height and extinction in the boreal zone when an accurate elevation model of the terrain is available.
Sponsorship	IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society IEEE URSI
Starting Page	3831
Ending Page	3843
Page Count	13
File Size	1857208
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01962892
Volume Number	50
Issue Number	10
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2012-10-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Vegetation Coherence Solid modeling Decorrelation L-band Synthetic aperture radar tree height Boreal forest phase center polarimetric interferometry synthetic aperture radar (SAR)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Earth and Planetary Sciences Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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