TanDEM-X Pol-InSAR Inversion for Mangrove Canopy Height Estimation

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 3608-3618

  Lee, Seung Kuk ^a   Fatoyinbo, Temilola E ^a  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Mangrove; Pol InSAR; single and dual pol; TanDEM X (TDX); Water level elevation

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL RADAR; WATER LEVELS;

AIRBORNE LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; INTERFEROMETRIC COHERENCE; MANGROVE; POLINSAR; SINGLE-AND DUAL-POL; TANDEM-X; TOPOGRAPHIC INFORMATION;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

FOREST CANOPY; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; LIDAR; MANGROVE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TANDEM-X; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER LEVEL;

ESTIMATION; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTS; MANGROVE;

CAMPECHE; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MOZAMBIQUE; ZAMBEZI DELTA;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 85027924898     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2015.2431646     Document Type: Article

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