Forest Height Estimates for Boreal Forest Using L and X Band Pol-InSAR and Hutscat Scatterometer

Jaan Praks; Florian Kugler; Konstantinos Papathanassiou; Martti Hallikainen

Forest Height Estimates for Boreal Forest Using L and X Band Pol-InSAR and Hutscat Scatterometer

Jaan Praks, Florian Kugler, Konstantinos Papathanassiou, Martti Hallikainen

German Aerospace Center

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Abstract

In this paper we present a airborne polarimetric interferometric SAr measurement campaign, carried out in Finland in 2003. The main aim of the FinSAR campaign was to validate POLinSAR tree height retrieval algorithms for boreal forest and it was arranged jointly by Helsinki University of Technology (TKK) and German Aerospace Center (DLR) Microwaves and Radar Institute. During the campaign ariborne DLR's E-SAR radar (operating at L and X band) and TKK's HUTSCAT scatterometer (operating at X- and C- band) were operated over a boreal forest test site to retrieve tree height. The tree height from fully polarimetric L-band SAR data was retrieved by Random Volume over Ground inversion and it was compared with scatterometer measurements and forest stand wise inventory tree height values. Additionally we calculated tree height from X band single polarisation interferometric images by means of restricted RVoG model inversion and compared teh results with other data. Our results show that the tree heith values, estimated by means of two different radar instruments are in good agreement. We also found that single band X band data allows to calculate the mean tree height with surprinsingly good accuracy.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry, 22-26 January 2007, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
Publisher	European Space Agency
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	9789292912086
Publication status	Published - 2007
MoE publication type	A4 Conference publication
Event	International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry - Frascati, Italy Duration: 22 Jan 2007 → 26 Jan 2007 Conference number: 3

Publication series

Name	ESA SP.
ISSN (Print)	1609-042X

Conference

Conference	International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry
Abbreviated title	POLinSAR
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Frascati
Period	22/01/2007 → 26/01/2007

Keywords

boreal forest
forest height
synthetic aperture radar
polarimetric interferometry
random volume over ground model
scatterometer

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Praks, J., Kugler, F., Papathanassiou, K., & Hallikainen, M. (2007). Forest Height Estimates for Boreal Forest Using L and X Band Pol-InSAR and Hutscat Scatterometer. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry, 22-26 January 2007, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy (ESA SP.). European Space Agency. http://uranus.esrin.esa.it/cgi-bin/confpol7.pl?vf=76/

Praks, Jaan ; Kugler, Florian ; Papathanassiou, Konstantinos et al. / Forest Height Estimates for Boreal Forest Using L and X Band Pol-InSAR and Hutscat Scatterometer. Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry, 22-26 January 2007, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy. European Space Agency, 2007. (ESA SP.).

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Praks, J, Kugler, F, Papathanassiou, K & Hallikainen, M 2007, Forest Height Estimates for Boreal Forest Using L and X Band Pol-InSAR and Hutscat Scatterometer. in Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry, 22-26 January 2007, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy. ESA SP., European Space Agency, International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry, Frascati, Italy, 22/01/2007. <http://uranus.esrin.esa.it/cgi-bin/confpol7.pl?vf=76/>

Forest Height Estimates for Boreal Forest Using L and X Band Pol-InSAR and Hutscat Scatterometer. / Praks, Jaan; Kugler, Florian; Papathanassiou, Konstantinos et al.
Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry, 22-26 January 2007, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy. European Space Agency, 2007. (ESA SP.).

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Forest Height Estimates for Boreal Forest Using L and X Band Pol-InSAR and Hutscat Scatterometer

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