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

Abstract

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.

Published in

Esa Sp
2016, number: 740
Title: Living Planet Symposium 2016, Prague, Czech Republic, 9-13 May 2016
Publisher: European Space Agency

Conference

Living Planet Symposium 2016

SLU Authors

• Persson, Henrik

  • Department of Forest Resource Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Forest Science

Publication identifier

• ISBN: 978-929221305-3

Permanent link to this page (URI)

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