A Helicopter-Borne Eight-Channel Ranging Scatterometer for Remote Sensing: Part II: Forest Inventory

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 170-179

  Hyyppa, Juha ^a   Hallikainen, Martti ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

dominant height; Forest canopy profile; forest inventory; mean height; ranging radar; stand characteristics; total stem volume per hectare

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; RADAR;

FOREST INVENTORY; SCATTEROMETER;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0027266099     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.210458     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. B. Husch, C. I. Miller, and T. W. Beers, Forest Mensuration. New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1982.
2. K. Kuusela and S. Poso: “Demonstration of the applicability of satellite data to forestry,” Communicationes Instituti Forestalis Fenniae 83.4, reprint, Helsinki, 1975.
3. E. Tomppo and M. Katila, “Satellite image-based national forest inventory of Finland,” Proceedings of IGARSS ’91, Vol. III, pp. 1141–1144, (Espoo, Finland), June 3–6, 1991.
4. R. F. Nelson, W. B. Krabill, and G. A. Maclean, “Determining forest canopy characteristics using airborne laser data,” Rem. Sens. Environ., vol. 15, pp. 201–212, 1984.
5. A. H. Aldred and G. M. Bonner, “Application of airborne lasers to forest surveys,” Info. Rep. PI-X-51, Tech. Info, and Dist. Center, Petawawa National Forestry Inst., Chalk River, Ont., 1985.
6. D. Currie, V. Shaw, and F. Bercha, “Integration of laser rangefinder and multispectral video data for forest measurements,” Proceedings of IGARSS ‘89 (Vancouver, Canada), Vol 4, pp. 2382–2384, 1989.
7. R. Nelson, W. Krabill and J. Tonelli, “Estimating forest biomass and volume using airborne laser data,” Remote Sensing Environment, vol. 24, pp. 247–267, 1988.
8. R. Bernard, M. Frezal, and D. Vidal-Madjar, “Nadir looking airborne radar and possible applications to forestry,” Remote Sensing of Environment, (New York), no. 21, pp. 297–309, 1987.
9. M. Hallikainen, J. Hyyppä, T. Tares, P. Ahola, M. Toikka, T. Forsell, M. Kemppinen, and E. Somersalo, “A helicopter-borne 8-channel FFT scatterometer,” Proceedings of IGARSS ‘89 (Vancouver, Canada), vol. 3, pp. 1832–1835, 1989.
10. M. Hallikainen, T. Tares, J. Hyyppä, E. Somersalo, P. Ahola, M. Toikka, and J. Pulliainen, “Helicopter-borne measurements of radar backscatter,” Int. J. Remote Sensing, vol. 11, no. 7, pp. 1179–1191, 1990.
11. J. Hyyppä and M. Hallikainen, “Forest inventory capabilities of a ranging scatterometer,” Proceedings of IGARSS ‘91, Vol. III, pp. 1503–1506, (Espoo, Finland), June 3–6, 1991.
12. J. Hyuppä “Forest inventory using ranging radars,” (in Finnish), Helsinki University of Technology, Laboratory of Space Technology, Rep. A5, April 1992.
13. M. I. Skolnik, Introduction to Radar Systems, 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill.
14. J. Hyyppä and H. Hyyppä, “A database and software tools for developing algorithms in forest inventory,” Helsinki University of Technology, Laboratory of Space Technology, Rep. 8, March 1992.
15. M. S. Philip, Measuring Trees and Forests, The Division of Forestry, University of Dar Es Salaam, 1983.
16. J. Laasasenaho, “Taper curve and volume functions for pine, spruce, and birch,” Communicationes Instituti Forestalis Fenniae, vol. 108, Helsinki, 1982.
17. F.T. Ulby, R. K. Moore, and A K. Fung, Microwave Remote Sensing—Active and Passive, Vol. 3. Norwood, Massachusetts: Artech House, 1986, pp. 1065–2137.
18. Handbook, of Forestry, (in Finnish), (18th ed.), Gummerus Oy, Jyvaskylä, 1978.
19. S. Poso, Basic features of forest inventory by compartments,” Silva Fennica, Society of Forestry in Finland, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 313–349, 1983.