@inproceedings{0e0e5e4be4c0461fb312270f97d6e71e,
title = "L-band Polarimetric Interferometry in Boreal Forest Parameter Estimation, a Case Study",
abstract = "In this study we concentrate on the application and validation of forest height estimation by polarimetric SAR interferometry for boreal forest. The study material was collected during the FinnSAR campaign, carried out in Finland in Fall 2003. The main instruments of the campaign were E-SAR airborne radar (L- and X-band) and HUTSCAT helicopter-borne profiling scatterometer (X- and C-band). The validated forest height estimation algorithm is based on Random Volume over Ground (RVoG) model inversion by using POLinSAR data. We compare POLinSAR-derived forest height with results from profiling HUTSCAT scatterometer measurements and with ground measurements and discuss the results. Our results show that the forest height values, estimated by means of two different instruments, are in good agreement.",
keywords = "boreal forest, forest height, synthetic aperture radar, polarimetric interferometry, random volume over ground model, scatterometer",
author = "Jaan Praks and Martti Hallikainen and Florian Kugler and Konstantinos Papathanassiou and Irena Hajnsek",
year = "2006",
doi = "10.1109/IGARSS.2006.573",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-0-7803-9509-1",
series = "IEEE International Symposium on Geoscience and Remote Sensing IGARSS",
publisher = "IEEE",
pages = "2216--+",
booktitle = "2006 IEEE International Symposium on Geoscience and Remote Sensing IGARSS, VOLS 1-8",
address = "United States",
note = "IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium , IGARSS ; Conference date: 31-07-2006 Through 04-08-2006",
}