Schmitt, Michael and Zhu, Xiao Xiang (2016) Demonstration of Single-Pass Millimeterwave SAR Tomography for Forest Volumes. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 13 (2), pp. 202-206. IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/LGRS.2015.2506150. ISSN 1545-598X.
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Abstract
In this letter, for the first time, the potential of millimeterwave synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is investigated with respect to a tomographic analysis of forest volumes. Exploiting both parametric and nonparametric SAR tomography (TomoSAR) methods designed for both discrete and continuous reflectivity profiles, it is shown that even Ka-band signals with a wavelength of only 8.55 mm can penetrate the tree canopy to a certain extent and allow a separation of ground and tree crowns. First experimental results exploiting airborne multiantenna data are evaluated with respect to LiDAR ground truth and indicate a promising perspective.
Item URL in elib: | https://elib.dlr.de/98771/ | |||||||||
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Document Type: | Article | |||||||||
Title: | Demonstration of Single-Pass Millimeterwave SAR Tomography for Forest Volumes | |||||||||
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Date: | 2016 | |||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters | |||||||||
Refereed publication: | Yes | |||||||||
Open Access: | Yes | |||||||||
Gold Open Access: | No | |||||||||
In SCOPUS: | Yes | |||||||||
In ISI Web of Science: | Yes | |||||||||
Volume: | 13 | |||||||||
DOI : | 10.1109/LGRS.2015.2506150 | |||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 202-206 | |||||||||
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Publisher: | IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | |||||||||
ISSN: | 1545-598X | |||||||||
Status: | Published | |||||||||
Keywords: | synthetic aperture radar (SAR), SAR tomography, forested areas, multi-baseline, volume tomography | |||||||||
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 hochauflösende Fernerkundungsverfahren (old) | |||||||||
Location: | Oberpfaffenhofen | |||||||||
Institutes and Institutions: | Remote Sensing Technology Institute > SAR Signal Processing | |||||||||
Deposited By: | Ge, Nan | |||||||||
Deposited On: | 23 Oct 2015 12:33 | |||||||||
Last Modified: | 31 Jul 2019 19:55 |
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