Journal
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING
Volume 38, Issue 2, Pages 720-727Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/36.842001
Keywords
CARABAS; SAR; VHF; forest parameter estimation
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The use of airborne CARABAS-II VHF (20-90 MHz) SAR data for retrieval of forest parameters has been investigated, The investigation was performed at a test site located in the southwest: of Sweden consisting mainly of Norway spruce forests. Regression models predicting forest parameters from radar backscattering amplitude were developed and evaluated. The results showed a linear relationship between backscattering amplitude and forest stem volume, stem diameter, and tree height. The analysis also showed that the radar signal is strongly affected by ground slope conditions. The root mean square errors from the regression analysis, restricted to forest stands on near-horizontal ground, were found to be 66 m(3) ha(-1), 3.2 cm, and 2.3 m for stem volume, stem diameter, and tree height respectively. No saturation of the backscattered signal was observed up to the maximum stem volume of 625 m(3) ha(-1), corresponding to a biomass of 375 tons ha(-1). The results imply that VHF SAR data have significant potential for operational use in forestry.
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