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Introduction to RADAR Remote Sensing for Vegetation Mapping and Monitoring
Wayne Walker, Ph.D.
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• What is RADAR (and what does it measure)?
• RADAR as an active sensor
• Applications of RADAR to vegetation mapping/monitoring
• What determines RADAR backscatter from vegetation?
System parameters (Sensor)Target parameters (Ground)
• What is Speckle?
• Photographic review of forest structure
Outline
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What is RADAR?
RADAR is an acronym that stands for:
Radio Detection and Ranging
RADIO
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What is RADAR?
RADAR is an acronym that stands for:
Radio Detection and Ranging
• Running time:
• Distance:
t = 2Rc
2c tR =
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What is RADAR?
SAR is an acronym that stands for:
Synthetic Aperture RADAR
All imaging RADAR sensors used for remote sensing are Synthetic Aperture Radars.
Phased Array L-Band SAR
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A. Roth, MFFU Sommerschule, 2000
• Amplitude depends on target properties (structure and dielectric properties).
• Phase is a function of the distance between sensor and the target as well as target properties.
What does RADAR measure?
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Passive sensors: ● Rely on the sun as an energy source● Detect only naturally occurring energy
Energy Source
Passive sensor
RADAR as an active sensor
Energy Source
Active sensor
Active sensors: ● Act as their own energy source● Detect backscattered energy
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Applications
Mapping forest/land cover
Mapping wetlands (inundated/flooded versus non-flooded)
Mapping structural attributes (height, basal area, biomass, volume)
Monitoring disturbance (logging, fire, windthrow, insect damage)
Monitoring change (deforestation, degradation, reforestation)
Monitoring photosynthetic processes (growing-season length)
Applications of RADAR to vegetation mapping/monitoring
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System Parameters (Sensor)
Wavelength/Frequency (X, C, L, and P bands)
Polarization (HH, VV, and HV)
Incidence angle
Resolution
Target Parameters (Ground)
Structure (size, orientation, and distribution of scattering surfaces)
Surface roughness (relative to wavelength)
Dielectric constant (moisture content)
Slope angle/orientation
What determines radar backscatter from vegetation?
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System Parameters (Sensor)
Wavelength/Frequency (X, C, L, and P bands)
Polarization (HH, VV, and HV)
Incidence angle
Resolution
What determines radar backscatter from vegetation?
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Scattering from vegetation
Types of scattering from a pine stand
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Wavelength/Frequency
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Wavelength/Frequency
• The primary scatterers in a tree canopy are elements (leaves, branches, and stems) with a size on the order of the wavelength or larger and an orientation similar to that of the incoming signal polarization.
• Elements smaller than the wavelength produce little backscatter but can attenuate the signal
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C-band (5 cm)L-band (23 cm)P-band (30-100 cm)
The longer the wavelength, the greater the sensitivity to the vertical structure of vegetation
X-band (3 cm)
Wavelength/Frequency
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Wavelength/Frequency
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Polarization
Source: J. R. Jensen. 2000. Remote Sensing of the Environment.
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Polarization
RadarScatteringIntensity
Short Wave
Long Wave
C
T T
C
T C T C
C = CrownT = Trunk
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Depolarization occurs mainly over vegetation, hardly over open ground. Cross polarization (HV or VH) is very sensitive to vegetation parameters
No Depolarization
Courtesy of T. LeToan
Polarization
Little Depolarization
Depolarization
Multiple Scattering
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Polarization
HH, VV, HV and color composite of linear polarization images of agricultural fields in southern Manitoba (© CCRS 1993). Acquired by the CV-580 C-band SAR. Processed and provided by CCRS.
Composite C-HV
C-HH C-VV
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Incidence angle
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50 m 15 m
Sensitivity to Type Boundaries
Resolution
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50 m 15 m
Resolution
Sensitivity to Type Boundaries
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50 m 15 m
Resolution
Sensitivity to Individual Trees
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System Parameters (Sensor)
Wavelength/Frequency (X, C, L, and P bands)
Polarization (HH, VV, and HV)
Incidence angle
Resolution
Target Parameters (Ground)
Structure (size, orientation, and distribution of scattering surfaces)
Surface roughness (relative to wavelength)
Dielectric constant (moisture content)
Slope angle/orientation
What determines radar backscatter from vegetation?
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Target Parameters (Ground)
Structure (size, orientation, and distribution of scattering surfaces)
Surface roughness (relative to wavelength)
Dielectric constant (moisture content)
Slope angle/orientation
What determines radar backscatter from vegetation?
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StructureConifer - Excurrent
Broadleaf -Decurrent
Taper
Dead snag
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Structure
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Surface roughness
• As wavelength increases, greater height variation is required for roughness
• As incidence angle increases, greater height variation is required for roughness
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Dielectric constant (moisture content)
• Dielectric constant is controlled by the amount of moisture content
• Most common materials have dielectric constants from 1-100
• Radar backscatter is influenced by the amount of moisture in vegetation and soil by affecting the absorption and propagation of electromagnetic energy
• Increasing the moisture content reduces the penetration of the radar signal through a vegetation canopy or into soil.
Mate r i a D i el ect r i c constant
V a c u u m 1 ( b y d A i r 1 . 0 0 0 5 P a p e r 3 . 5 P y r e x g l a s 4 . 7 W a t e r ( 2 0 ° ) 8 0 . 4
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Different vegetation types will all have different backscatter properties. In addition, the basicreflectivity of the soil, called the "dielectric constant" will change depending on the amount ofwater that the soil contains. Dry soil has a low dielectric constant and low radar reflectivity.Saturated soil is a strong reflector. Moist and partially frozen soils will have intermediate values.
Dielectric constant (moisture content)
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Dielectric constant (moisture content)
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Slope angle/orientation
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What is speckle?
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Speckle filtering always results in a loss of spatial resolution since it is carried out within moving windows.
What is speckle?
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Original data Frost filterGamma MAP filter
Retford, UK ERS-2 SAR data April-September 1998
Speckle filtering always results in a loss of spatial resolution since it is carried out within moving windows.
What is speckle?
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Structure at the individual tree level
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Structure at the individual tree level
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Structure at the landscape level (natural landscapes)
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Structure at the landscape level (disturbed landscapes)
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Structure at the landscape level (managed landscapes)
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Structure at the landscape level (ice/snow)
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Structure at the landscape level (fire)
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Structure at the landscape level (moisture influences)
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