Analysis of seasonal effects on forest parameter estimation of Indian deciduous forest using TerraSAR-X PolInSAR acquisitions

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 199, Issue , 2017, Pages 265-276

  Khati, Unmesh ^a   Singh, Gulab ^a   Ferro Famil, Laurent ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Deciduous; Forest; Forest height; Leaf fall; Polarimetric synthetic aperture radar interferometry (PolInSAR); Synthetic aperture radar (SAR); TanDEM X; TerraSAR X; Tropical

Indexed keywords

POLARIMETERS; RADAR; SATELLITES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TROPICS;

DECIDUOUS; FOREST; FOREST HEIGHT; LEAF FALL; POLARIMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; TANDEM-X; TERRASAR-X; TROPICAL;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HEIGHT; INTERFEROMETER; LEAF; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLARIZATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TERRA (SATELLITE); TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 85026414753     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2017.07.019     Document Type: Article

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