Borealscat: A tower experiment for understanding temporal changes in P- and L-band backscattering from a Boreal forest

Sammanfattning

This paper describes the tower-based radar BorealScat, which is being developed for polarimetric, tomographic and Doppler measurements at the hemi-boreal forest test site in Remningstorp, Sweden. The facility consists of a 50-m high tower equipped with an antenna array at the top of the tower, a 20-port vector network analyser (VNA), 20 low-loss cables for interconnection, and a calibration loop with a switching network. The first version of BorealScat will perform the full set of measurements in the frequency range 0.4-1.4 GHz, i.e. P-band and L-band. The tower is currently under construction at a forest stand dominated by Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.). The mature stand has an above-ground dry biomass of 300 tons/ha. Data collections are planned to commence in autumn 2016.

Publicerad i

Esa Sp
2016, nummer: 740
Titel: Living Planet Symposium 2016, Prague, Czech Republic, 9-13 May 2016
Utgivare: European Space Agency

Konferens

Living Planet Symposium 2016

SLU författare

• Persson, Henrik

  • Institutionen för skoglig resurshushållning, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Skogsvetenskap

Publikationens identifierare

• ISBN: 978-929221305-3

Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/130358