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Backscatter signatures of wind-thrown forest in satellite SAR images

  • L.E.B. Eriksson
  • , Johan Fransson
  • , M.J. Soja
  • , M. Santoro

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Abstract

Two field experiments have been conducted in Sweden to allow an evaluation of the backscatter signatures of wind-thrown forest from L-band, C-band and X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar. When the trees are felled the backscattered signal from TerraSAR-X (X-band) increase with about 1.5 dB, while for ALOS PALSAR (L-band) a decrease with the same amount is observed. Radar images with fine spatial resolution also show shadowing effects that should be possible to use for identification of storm felled forest.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2012 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium : Proceedings
PublisherIEEE
Pages6435-6438
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)978-1-4673-1159-5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

Publication series

SeriesIEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium proceedings
ISSN2153-6996

Keywords

  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • clear-cut
  • forestry
  • storm damage
  • wind-throw

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