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A Collection of SAR Methodologies for Monitoring Wetlands

White, Lori and Brisco, Brian and Dabboor, Mohammed and Schmitt, Andreas and Pratt, Andrew (2015) A Collection of SAR Methodologies for Monitoring Wetlands. Remote Sensing, 7 (6), pp. 7615-7645. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). doi: 10.3390/rs70607615. ISSN 2072-4292.

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Official URL: http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/7/6/7615

Abstract

Wetlands are an important natural resource that requires monitoring. A key step in environmental monitoring is to map the locations and characteristics of the resource to better enable assessment of change over time. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems are helpful in this way for wetland resources because their data can be used to map and monitor changes in surface water extent, saturated soils, flooded vegetation, and changes in wetland vegetation cover. We review a few techniques to demonstrate SAR capabilities for wetland monitoring, including the commonly used method of grey-level thresholding for mapping surface water and highlighting changes in extent, and approaches for polarimetric decompositions to map flooded vegetation and changes from one class of land cover to another. We use the Curvelet-based change detection and the Wishart-Chernoff Distance approaches to show how they substantially improve mapping of flooded vegetation and flagging areas of change, respectively. We recommend that the increasing availability SAR data and the proven ability of these data to map various components of wetlands mean SAR should be considered as a critical component of a wetland monitoring system.

Item URL in elib:https://elib.dlr.de/96780/
Document Type:Article
Title:A Collection of SAR Methodologies for Monitoring Wetlands
Authors:
AuthorsInstitution or Email of AuthorsAuthor's ORCID iDORCID Put Code
White, LoriUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Brisco, BrianUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Dabboor, MohammedUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Schmitt, AndreasUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Pratt, AndrewUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Date:June 2015
Journal or Publication Title:Remote Sensing
Refereed publication:Yes
Open Access:Yes
Gold Open Access:Yes
In SCOPUS:Yes
In ISI Web of Science:Yes
Volume:7
DOI:10.3390/rs70607615
Page Range:pp. 7615-7645
Publisher:Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
ISSN:2072-4292
Status:Published
Keywords:synthetic aperture radar; wetlands; mapping; image thresholding; polarimetric decompositions; curvelet-based change detection; Wishart-Chernoff distance
HGF - Research field:Aeronautics, Space and Transport
HGF - Program:Space
HGF - Program Themes:Earth Observation
DLR - Research area:Raumfahrt
DLR - Program:R EO - Earth Observation
DLR - Research theme (Project):R - Vorhaben Multi-dimensionale SAR-Auswertung (old)
Location: Oberpfaffenhofen
Institutes and Institutions:German Remote Sensing Data Center > Land Surface
Deposited By: Schmitt, Andreas
Deposited On:23 Jun 2015 09:09
Last Modified:15 Jun 2023 14:31

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