In preparation for the CoReH2O satellite mission, one of the three missions selected for scientific and technical feasibility studies within the Earth Explorer Programme of the ESA, experimental and theoretical studies have been under way in order to improve methods for the retrieval of snow physical properties from SAR data. The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of vegetation in the retrieval of snow parameters from microwave backscattering measurements. A RTT model capable of simulating scattering from a snow-covered vegetated terrain was developed and implemented. A sensitivity analysis to snow and vegetation parameters was carried out thus a comparison with real SAR data is presented in the paper.

Montomoli, F., Brogioni, M., Fontanelli, G., Toccafondi, A., Lemmetyinen, J., Pulliainen, J., et al. (2013). Electromagnetic simulation and validation of backscattering from boreal forest in the C-Ku frequency range. In IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium - IGARSS (pp.983-986). New York : IEEE [10.1109/IGARSS.2013.6721327].

Electromagnetic simulation and validation of backscattering from boreal forest in the C-Ku frequency range

MONTOMOLI, FRANCESCO;Toccafondi, A.;
2013-01-01

Abstract

In preparation for the CoReH2O satellite mission, one of the three missions selected for scientific and technical feasibility studies within the Earth Explorer Programme of the ESA, experimental and theoretical studies have been under way in order to improve methods for the retrieval of snow physical properties from SAR data. The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of vegetation in the retrieval of snow parameters from microwave backscattering measurements. A RTT model capable of simulating scattering from a snow-covered vegetated terrain was developed and implemented. A sensitivity analysis to snow and vegetation parameters was carried out thus a comparison with real SAR data is presented in the paper.
2013
978-147991114-1
Montomoli, F., Brogioni, M., Fontanelli, G., Toccafondi, A., Lemmetyinen, J., Pulliainen, J., et al. (2013). Electromagnetic simulation and validation of backscattering from boreal forest in the C-Ku frequency range. In IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium - IGARSS (pp.983-986). New York : IEEE [10.1109/IGARSS.2013.6721327].
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