Significance of dual polarimetric synthetic aperture radar in biomass retrieval: An attempt on Sentinel-1

S Periasamy - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
The study investigates the suitability of Sentinel-1 data product of C-band frequency (5.36
GHz) in the estimation of terrestrial biomass. The experiment was carried out in the …

Dual polarimetric radar vegetation index for crop growth monitoring using sentinel-1 SAR data

D Mandal, V Kumar, D Ratha, S Dey… - Remote Sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data have provided an unprecedented
opportunity for crop monitoring due to its high revisit frequency and wide spatial coverage …

Polarimetric radar vegetation index for biomass estimation in desert fringe ecosystems

JG Chang, M Shoshany, Y Oh - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Biomass estimation of eastern Mediterranean shrublands was investigated using PALSAR
full-and dual-polarization L-band and Sentinel-1 dual-polarization C-band data. First, we …

Synergetic of PALSAR-2 and Sentinel-1A SAR polarimetry for retrieving aboveground biomass in dipterocarp forest of Malaysia

H Omar, MA Misman, AR Kassim - Applied Sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
Space borne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data have become one of the primary sources
for aboveground biomass (AGB) estimation of forests. However, studies have indicated that …

A radar vegetation index for crop monitoring using compact polarimetric SAR data

D Mandal, D Ratha, A Bhattacharya… - … on Geoscience and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Crop growth monitoring using compact-pol synthetic aperture radar (CP-SAR) data is
gaining attention with the rapid advancements toward operational applications. In this …

A review of radar remote sensing for biomass estimation

S Sinha, C Jeganathan, LK Sharma… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Forest plays a vital role in regulating climate through carbon sequestration in its biomass.
Biomass reflects the health and environmental conditions of a forest ecosystem. In context to …

Assessment of forest above ground biomass estimation using multi-temporal C-band Sentinel-1 and Polarimetric L-band PALSAR-2 data

X Huang, B Ziniti, N Torbick, MJ Ducey - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), as an active sensor transmitting long wavelengths, has the
advantages of working day and night and without rain or cloud disturbance. It is further able …

Using multi-polarization C-and L-band synthetic aperture radar to estimate biomass and soil moisture of wheat fields

M Hosseini, H McNairn - International Journal of Applied Earth Observation …, 2017 - Elsevier
Biomass and soil moisture are two important parameters for agricultural crop monitoring and
yield estimation. In this study, the Water Cloud Model (WCM) was coupled with the Ulaby …

A fusion approach to retrieve soil moisture with SAR and optical data

R Prakash, D Singh, NP Pathak - IEEE Journal of Selected …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The retrieval of soil moisture in vegetated areas with active microwave remote sensing is a
challenging process because scattering form the vegetated area incorporates the volume …

Assessment of the dual polarimetric sentinel-1A data for forest fuel moisture content estimation

L Wang, X Quan, B He, M Yebra, M Xing, X Liu - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
Fuel moisture content (FMC) is a crucial variable affecting fuel ignition and rate of fire
spread. Much work so far has focused on the usage of remote sensing data from multiple …