GENERATION OF 10m RESOLUTION PALSAR and JERS-SAR MOSAIC AND FOREST/NON-FOREST MAPS FOR FOREST CARBON TRACKING

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has produced the world's first 10m resolution L-band SAR global mosaic datasets. These data sets were generated to monitor forest changes from the 1990s to present. SRTM-3 (90m resolution) DEM was used to correct the terrain-induced SAR intensity variations and the ortho-rectification. Both corrections were applied for geometric and radiometric calibration purposes. The data sets are useful to monitor the temporal forest cover and forest change, and were used to derive forest/non-forest information.