Automated estimation of forest height and underlying topography over a Brazilian tropical forest with single-baseline single-polarization TanDEM-X SAR interferometry

Y Lei, R Treuhaft, F Gonçalves - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Forest height is an important variable for modeling terrestrial carbon storage and global
carbon cycle dynamics. Spaceborne SAR Interferometry (InSAR) has the sensitivity to …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping forest successional stages in the Brazilian Amazon using forest heights derived from TanDEM-X SAR interferometry

PDC Bispo, M Pardini, KP Papathanassiou… - Remote Sensing of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of the spatial patterns of successional stages (ie, primary and
secondary forest) in tropical forests allows to monitor forest preservation, mortality and …

Improving forest height-to-biomass allometry with structure information: A TanDEM-X study

C Choi, M Pardini, M Heym… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Allometric relations that link forest above ground biomass to top forest (ie, canopy) height
are of particular significance in the context of lidar and interferometric synthetic aperture …

First Demonstration of Space-Borne Polarization Coherence Tomography for Characterizing Hyrcanian Forest Structural Diversity

M Poorazimy, S Shataee, H Aghababaei, E Tomppo… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Structural diversity is recognized as a complementary aspect of biological diversity and
plays a fundamental role in forest management, conservation, and restoration. Hence, the …

Multiple Signal Classification Algorithm Combined with Volume Reflectivity Models to Improve Accuracy of the Estimated Vegetation Height in Synthetic Aperture …

H Mahgoun, B Azmedroub, A Taieb… - Journal of the Indian …, 2024 - Springer
The aim of this paper lies in improving the accuracy of multiple signal classification (MUSIC)
inversion in Synthetic Aperture Radar Tomography (TomoSAR), while using scattering …

Mapping Large-Scale Pantropical Forest Canopy Height by Integrating GEDI Lidar and TanDEM-X InSAR Data

W Qi, J Armston, C Choi, A Stovall, S Saarela… - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Our ability to infer the impact of land use changes such as deforestation and reforestation on
concentrations of atmospheric CO 2 rests upon accurate and spatially resolved estimates of …

Quantification of horizontal forest structure from high resolution TanDEM-X interferometric coherences

C Choi, M Pardini… - IGARSS 2018-2018 IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent TanDEM-X experiments have shown that the limited penetration capability at X-band
in forest volumes allow the estimation of the height variability of the top canopy layer, which …

A structure-based framework for the combination of GEDI and Tandem-X measurements over forest scenarios

C Choi, M Pardini… - IGARSS 2019-2019 IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) waveform lidar is expected to
provide unprecedented measurements of forest structure and biomass in tropical and …

Relating TanDEM-X local InSAR phase center variations to Lidar full waveforms over forest scenarios

C Choi, M Pardini, J Armston… - EUSAR 2018; 12th …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) is the next-generation full
waveform Lidar mission promising to provide measurements of forest vertical structure and …

Improving TanDEM-X/GEDI Tropical Forest Height Mapping with Structure Information

C Choi, M Pardini, R Guliaev… - EUSAR 2022; 14th …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The combination of TanDEM-X interferometric coherences with the GEDI lidar full waveform
measurements can provide continuous high-resolution forest height maps at large scale with …