The potential of C- and L-band SAR in estimating vegetation biomass: The ERS-1 and JERS-1 experiments

Authors
Paloscia, S Macelloni, G Pampaloni, P Sigismondi, S
Citation
S. Paloscia et al., The potential of C- and L-band SAR in estimating vegetation biomass: The ERS-1 and JERS-1 experiments, IEEE GEOSCI, 37(4), 1999, pp. 2107-2110
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Eletrical & Eletronics Engineeing
Journal title
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING
ISSN journal
01962892 → ACNP
Volume
37
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
2107 - 2110
Database
ISI
SICI code
0196-2892(199907)37:4<2107:TPOCAL>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
The sensitivity of backscattering coefficient, measured by ERS-1 and JERS-1 radars, to vegetation biomass is discussed and compared with the hest resu lts achieved using multifrequency polarimetric JPL-AIRSAR data. Experimenta l results show that measurements with JERS-1/L-band and ERS-1/C-band SAR pr ovide the means for detecting vegetation growth. In particular, the C-band signal of ERS radar was found to be very well correlated to forest woody vo lume.