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Author: | Molina Hurtado, Daniel |
Title: | Interferometric Processing of TanDEM-X Images for Forest Height Estimation |
Publication type: | Final Project work |
Publication year: | 2012 |
Pages: | xv + 83 Language: eng |
Department/School: | Radiotieteen ja -tekniikan laitos |
Main subject: | Avaruustekniikka (S-92) |
Supervisor: | Hallikainen, Martti |
Instructor: | Praks, Jaan |
Electronic version URL: | http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:aalto-201210203325 |
OEVS: | Electronic archive copy is available via Aalto Thesis Database.
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Location: | P1 Ark Aalto 763 | Archive |
Keywords: | synthetic aperture radar interferometry biomass forest height coherence digital elevation model interferogram canopy height model TerraSAR-X TanDEM-X |
Abstract (eng): | Biomass is one of the most desired parameters for applications like climate modelling, resource assessment or wood industry. By using allometry equations (82) it is possible to obtain biomass information from canopy height. Some studies have demonstrated that current interferometric techniques applied to airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images can provide fairly accurate estimates of tree height (45, 52, 53, 54). Space based interferometric methods can provide global estimates of canopy height but they require very accurate orbit information. In this work the ability of the recently launched SAR satellites TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X to estimate canopy height is evaluated. To do this, a complete interferometric processing chain is created including SAR data reading into memory, complex interferogram calculation, interferogram flattening by at Earth approximation and image transformation to geographical coordinates. Finally the resulting phase height maps are compared with a digital elevation model and a canopy height model of the terrain under study as well as with X-band E-SAR data from the FINSAR campaign (52, 53, 54) of the same area. |
ED: | 2012-10-09 |
INSSI record number: 45352
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