Abstract
Changes and spatial pattern of dry herbaceous biomass was monitored using backscatter coefficients in a time series of ERS2 SAR images of the semi-arid savanna in Senegal, West Africa. The results were compared to in situ measurements of dry biomass. It has been demonstrated, that the overall spatial and temporal change in SAR backscatter correspond to the changes in biomass, however, the quantitative relation remains to be established.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | IGARSS 2002: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium and 24th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing : Proceedings: Remote Sensing: Integrating Our View of the Planet |
Volume | I-VI |
Publication date | 2002 |
Pages | 2003-2005 |
ISBN (Print) | 0-7803-7536-X |
Publication status | Published - 2002 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 2002 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium - Toronto, Canada Duration: 24 Jun 2002 → 28 Jun 2002 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=7969 |
Conference
Conference | 2002 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium |
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Country/Territory | Canada |
City | Toronto |
Period | 24/06/2002 → 28/06/2002 |
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Keywords
- Software
- Geology
- Engineering and Technology
- Arid regions
- Backscattering
- Biomass
- Pattern recognition
- Synthetic aperture radar
- Time series analysis
- Dry herbaceous biomass
- In situ measurements
- Semi-arid savanna
- Radar imaging