Interferometric synthetic aperture radar statistical inference in deformation measurement and geophysical inversion: a review

C Wang, L Chang, XS Wang, B Zhang… - IEEE Geoscience and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the rapid advancements in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites and associated
processing algorithms over recent decades, interferometric SAR (InSAR) has emerged as a …

Earth-observation-based monitoring of forests in Germany—recent progress and research frontiers: a review

S Holzwarth, F Thonfeld, P Kacic, S Abdullahi, S Asam… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
One-third of Germany's land surface area is covered by forest (around 11.4 million hectares),
and thus, it characterizes the landscape. The forest is a habitat for a large number of animal …

[HTML][HTML] L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar and Its Application for Forest Parameter Estimation, 1972 to 2024: A Review

Z Ye, J Long, T Zhang, B Lin, H Lin - Plants, 2024 - mdpi.com
Optical remote sensing can effectively capture 2-dimensional (2D) forest information, such
as woodland area and percentage forest cover. However, accurately estimating forest …

Forest Aboveground Biomass Estimation in Subtropical Mountain Areas Based on Improved Water Cloud Model and PolSAR Decomposition Using L-Band PolSAR …

H Zhang, C Wang, J Zhu, H Fu, W Han, H Xie - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
Forest aboveground biomass (AGB) retrieval using synthetic aperture radar (SAR)
backscatter has received extensive attention. The water cloud model (WCM), because of its …

A modified two-steps three-stage inversion algorithm for forest height inversion using single-baseline l-band Polinsar data

J Zhang, Y Zhang, W Fan, L He, Y Yu, X Mao - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Forest height inversion with Polarimetric SAR Interferometry (PolInSAR) has become a
research hotspot in the field of radar remote sensing. In this paper, we systematically studied …

Analysis of the relationship between L-band SAR backscatter and understory weed density in eucalyptus plantation forests

S Kobayashi, MS Fujita, Y Omura… - GIScience & Remote …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study aims to reveal the relationships between understory coverage (principally, weed
growth) beneath the canopies of Sumatran eucalyptus plantations and L-band backscatter …

A Multibaseline Forest Height Inversion Method to Solve Three General Problems in P-Band Repeat-Pass PolInSAR Data

Z Liao, B He, X Quan - IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
P-band polarimetric interferometric synthetic aperture radar (PolInSAR) has the potential to
map forest height and biomass at the global scale with the upcoming BIOMASS mission …

On the Use of Tomographically Derived Reflectivity Profiles for Pol-InSAR Forest Height Inversion in the Context of the BIOMASS Mission

R Guliaev, JS Kim, M Pardini… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Model-based forest height inversion from single-and multi-baseline Pol-InSAR data is today
well-established. One of the critical performance points is the parameterisation of the vertical …

Underlying topography and forest height estimation from SAR tomography based on a nonparametric spectrum estimation method with low sidelobes

Y Wang, X Peng, Q Xie, X Li, X Luo, Y Du… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The underlying topography and forest height play an indispensable role in many fields,
including geomorphology, civil engineering construction, forest investigation, and the …

[HTML][HTML] Forest structure characterization in Germany: novel products and analysis based on GEDI, sentinel-1 and sentinel-2 data

P Kacic, F Thonfeld, U Gessner, C Kuenzer - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Monitoring forest conditions is an essential task in the context of global climate change to
preserve biodiversity, protect carbon sinks and foster future forest resilience. Severe impacts …