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Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2018, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 9-24

Remote optical-microwave measurements of forest parameters: modern state of research and experimental assessment of potentials

T. N. Chimitdorzhiev 1 , A. V. Dmitriev 1 , I. I. Kirbizhekova 1 , A. A. Sherhoeva 1 , A. K. Baltukhaev 1 , P. N. Dagurov 1 
1 Institute of Physical Materials Science SB RAS, Ulan-Ude, Russia
Accepted: 10.07.2018
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2018-15-4-9-24
The paper presents an overview of modern trends in remote sensing (RS) of forest with the help of fusion of multispectral images, radar interferometry and partially, polarimetry data. Basing on the analysis of publications of recent years, we show that the considered complex approach allows to expand the capabilities of RS to assess the forest’s taxonomic parameters in comparison with technologies which involve the analysis of characteristics only by radar or only by optical multispectral methods. The experimental part briefly describes the algorithms of optical and polarimetric radar data processing which serve to determine the predominant species, canopy closeness, aboveground biomass. For one of the forest taxonomic key parameters ― average height, the calculation method is described in more detail. Analysis of the accuracy of radar interferometric measurements is carried out basing on the results obtained by the authors. The systematic underestimation of the actual forest height was established: the discrepancy between the results of radar interferometry and field measurements reached 5.5 m at the values of stand fullness equaled to 0.5, 0.9 and 1, and varies in the range from 2 to 4 m at fullness spanned from 0.6 to 0.8. The conclusion is made about necessity of updating results of radar interferometry by means of appropriate corrections obtained for different values of the forest fullness. The results of remote optical-microwave measurements of forest parameters are available on the Internet in accordance with the modern trends of free distribution of scientific data.
Keywords: radar interferometry, radar polarimetry, spectral analysis, image texture, data fusion, forest inventory
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