scholarly journals Estimates of Forest Growing Stock Volume for Sweden, Central Siberia, and Québec Using Envisat Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar Backscatter Data

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 4503-4532 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maurizio Santoro ◽  
Oliver Cartus ◽  
Johan Fransson ◽  
Anatoly Shvidenko ◽  
Ian McCallum ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Synthetic Aperture Radar ◽  
Synthetic Aperture ◽  
Radar Backscatter ◽  
Central Siberia ◽  
Growing Stock ◽  
Stock Volume ◽  
Aperture Radar

Monitoring Everglades freshwater marsh water level using L-band synthetic aperture radar backscatter

2014 ◽  
Vol 150 ◽  
pp. 66-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin-Woo Kim ◽  
Zhong Lu ◽  
John W. Jones ◽  
C.K. Shum ◽  
Hyongki Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Synthetic Aperture Radar ◽  
Water Level ◽  
Freshwater Marsh ◽  
Synthetic Aperture ◽  
Radar Backscatter ◽  
L Band ◽  
Aperture Radar

scholarly journals Temporal Stability of Soil Moisture and Radar Backscatter Observed by the Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR)

Sensors ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 1174-1197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Wagner ◽  
Carsten Pathe ◽  
Marcela Doubkova ◽  
Daniel Sabel ◽  
Annett Bartsch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Synthetic Aperture Radar ◽  
Temporal Stability ◽  
Synthetic Aperture ◽  
Radar Backscatter ◽  
Aperture Radar

scholarly journals Temporal Stability of Soil Moisture and Radar Backscatter Observed by the Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR)

Sensors ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 1174-1197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Wagner ◽  
Carsten Pathe ◽  
Marcela Doubkova ◽  
Daniel Sabel ◽  
Annett Bartsch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Synthetic Aperture Radar ◽  
Temporal Stability ◽  
Synthetic Aperture ◽  
Radar Backscatter ◽  
Aperture Radar

scholarly journals Forest Growing Stock Volume Estimation in Subtropical Mountain Areas Using PALSAR-2 L-Band PolSAR Data

Forests ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haibo Zhang ◽  
Jianjun Zhu ◽  
Changcheng Wang ◽  
Hui Lin ◽  
Jiangping Long ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Synthetic Aperture Radar ◽  
Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Terrain Correction ◽  
Central China ◽  
Synthetic Aperture ◽  
Single Variable ◽  
Variable Model ◽  
Growing Stock ◽  
L Band ◽  
Stock Volume

Forest growing stock volume (GSV) extraction using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images has been widely used in climate change research. However, the relationships between forest GSV and polarimetric SAR (PolSAR) data in the mountain region of central China remain unknown. Moreover, it is challenging to estimate GSV due to the complex topography of the region. In this paper, we estimated the forest GSV from advanced land observing satellite-2 (ALOS-2) phased array-type L-band synthetic aperture radar (PALSAR-2) full polarimetric SAR data based on ground truth data collected in Youxian County, Central China in 2016. An integrated three-stage (polarization orientation angle, POA; effective scattering area, ESA; and angular variation effect, AVE) correction method was used to reduce the negative impact of topography on the backscatter coefficient. In the AVE correction stage, a strategy for fine terrain correction was attempted to obtain the optimum correction parameters for different polarization channels. The elements on the diagonal of covariance matrix were used to develop forest GSV prediction models through five single-variable models and a multi-variable model. The results showed that the integrated three-stage terrain correction reduced the negative influence of topography and improved the sensitivity between the forest GSV and backscatter coefficients. In the three stages, the POA compensation was limited in its ability to reduce the impact of complex terrain, the ESA correction was more effective in low-local incidence angles area than high-local incidence angles, and the effect of the AVE correction was opposite to the ESA correction. The data acquired on 14 July 2016 was most suitable for GSV estimation in this study area due to its correlation with GSV, which was the strongest at HH, HV, and VV polarizations. The correlation coefficient values were 0.489, 0.643, and 0.473, respectively, which were improved by 0.363, 0.373, and 0.366 in comparison to before terrain correction. In the five single-variable models, the fitting performance of the Water-Cloud analysis model was the best, and the correlation coefficient R2 value was 0.612. The constructed multi-variable model produced a better inversion result, with a root mean square error (RMSE) of 70.965 m3/ha, which was improved by 22.08% in comparison to the single-variable models. Finally, the space distribution map of forest GSV was established using the multi-variable model. The range of estimated forest GSV was 0 to 450 m3/ha, and the mean value was 135.759 m3/ha. The study expands the application potential of PolSAR data in complex topographic areas; thus, it is helpful and valuable for the estimation of large-scale forest parameters.

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