Forest Analysis by Single-Pass Millimeterwave SAR Tomography
Conference: EUSAR 2016 - 11th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar
06/06/2016 - 06/09/2016 at Hamburg, Germany
Proceedings: EUSAR 2016
Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Schmitt, Michael (Signal Processing in Earth Observation, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany)
Zhu, Xiao Xiang (Signal Processing in Earth Observation, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany & Remote Sensing Technology Institute, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany)
Abstract:
Recent investigations show that millimeterwave SAR tomography provides an interesting means for the analysis of forested areas, especially if single-pass systems are employed. Providing very high resolutions in the decimeter domain and highly coherent data also for slightly windy conditions, even individual trees can be considered. Besides, it has been shown that a certain amount of canopy penetration is possible in spite of the short wavelength.