BioSAR™:: An inexpensive airborne VHF multiband SAR system for vegetation biomass measurement

被引:21
作者
Imhoff, ML
Johnson, P
Holford, W
Hyer, J
May, L
Lawrence, W
Harcombe, P
机构
[1] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Biospher Sci Branch, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
[2] Amer Elect Inc, Zimmerman Associates Inc, Vienna, VA 22182 USA
[3] Bowie State Univ, Dept Nat Sci, Bowie, MD 20715 USA
[4] Rice Univ, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Houston, TX 77005 USA
来源
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING | 2000年 / 38卷 / 03期
关键词
airborne remote sensing; biomass; low frequency radar; VHF radar;
D O I
10.1109/36.843042
中图分类号
P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
学科分类号
0708 ; 070902 ;
摘要
A pulse coherent synthetic aperture radar (SAR) operating between 80-120 MHz has been developed in an attempt to measure heavy forest biomass. The sensor uses a nadir-pointing antenna configuration and collects data in a 300-m wide swath on the ground along the flight line.
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页码:1458 / 1462
页数:5
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