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Towards an operational use of VHF SAR data for forest mapping and forest management

Fransson, J.; Gustavsson, A.; Ulander, L.; Walter, F.

Abstract

Forest stand parameters at high spatial resolution are needed for long and short term planning of forestry operations. Investigations in recent years, relating data from the Swedish airborne CARABAS-II VHF SAR sensor to forest stand parameters, have shown very promising results, which have motivated additional studies. Several flight campaigns over public and privately owned forested areas in Sweden have been conducted during 1999 and 2000. The objectives for these new projects are to validate results from earlier investigations, to study tree species, soil moisture, and ground slope induced backscattering variations, and to develop methods for detection of changes caused by logging activities and other rapid changes. The overall goals for these projects are to study the operational use of VHF SAR data to derive forest parameters and to develop a cost-effective remote sensing tool for mapping of forest characteristics at high spatial resolution and with high accuracy.

Keywords

Backscatter; Telephony; Spatial resolution; Forestry; Soil moisture; Resource management; Surveillance; Radar imaging; Image analysis; Remote sensing}

Published in

Title: IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. Taking the Pulse of the Planet: The Role of Remote Sensing in Managing the Environment. Proceedings
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Conference

IGARSS 2000 Symposium, Taking the Pulse of the Planet: The Role of Remote Sensing in Managing the Environment, 24-28 July 2000, Honolulu, HI, USA

SLU Authors

  • Fransson, Johan

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

  • Walter, Fredrik

    • Centre for Image Analysis, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Associated SLU-program

Remningstorp

UKÄ Subject classification

Forest Science
Earth Observation

Publication identifier

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2000.860532
  • ISBN: 0-7803-6360-4

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/139271