Taiga Forest Stands and SAR: Monitoring for Subarctic Global Change,

Abstract

In preparation for the first European Earth Remote Sensing (ERS-1) mission, a series of multitemporal, multifrequency, multipolarization aircraft synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data sets were acquired over the Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest near Fairbanks, Alaska in March 1988. Significant change in radar backscatter was observed over the two-week experimental period due to changing environmental conditions. These preliminary results are presented to illustrate the opportunity afforded by the ERS-1 SAR to monitor temporal change in forest ecosystems.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADP007272

Entities

People

  • Charles Slaughter
  • Craig Dobson
  • Jobea Way
  • Leslie Viereck
  • Ron Kwok

Organizations

  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Climate Change
  • Data Sets
  • Polar Regions
  • Radar
  • Remote Sensing
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.