3d Forest Structure Derived from Polarimetric Multibaseline Insar Data and Its Relation to Biomass
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In this paper, recently conceived polarimetric array signal processing techniques are applied for producing 3D images over forested scenes from multibaseline POL-InSAR observations. Subsequently, the optimal scattering mechanisms are investigated using polarimetric decomposition algorithms. The derived structural forest parameters serve as a basis for determining the biomass. This three-dimensional analysis is compared with the results achieved on the POLSAR images and validated by employing ground-truth measurements. The multibaseline Pol-InSAR datasets over tropical (INDREX-II), boreal (BIOSAR I and II), and temperate (TempoSAR) forests were acquired by the E-SAR system of DLR.
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