F15: Remote Sensing of Biomass (1)

Friday, August 22  08:00-09:20,  Room #4

Session Chairs: T. Le Toan, Sassan Saatchi

The session will address the use of spaceborne SAR systems for the retrieval of biomass from tropical, temperate and boreal forests for carbon assessment at regional and global scales. The topics may include methodology development based on measurements and modeling of SAR data over forests. Of particular interest are papers related to advanced SAR techniques including polarimetry, Pol-InSAR and tomography. A focus will be put on the forthcoming ESA Earth Explorer P-band Biomass satellite, with contributions dealing with the science requirements, mission design, conduct of measurement campaigns, and development of algorithms. The session will also welcome papers on the state-of-the art in biomass retrieval based on existing SAR systems (e.g. ALOS-PALSAR, ASAR).

8:00  F15.1   A P-BAND SAR FOR GLOBAL FOREST BIOMASS MEASUREMENT: THE BIOMASS MISSION

T. Le Toan

CESBIO, Toulouse, France


8:20  F15.2   RADAR BACKSCATTER SENSITIVITY TO FOREST BIOMASS: REVISITING THE BIOMASS SATURATION

S. S. Saatchi

Jet Propulsion Laboratory/CALTECH, Pasadena, CA, United States


8:40  F15.3   FOREST GROWTH MONITORING OF TROPICAL ACACIA PLANTATION BY MULTI-YEAR ALOS/PALSAR POLARIMETRIC DATA

S. Kobayashi1, Y. Omura2, K. Sanga-Ngoie2, Y. Yamaguchi3, R. Widyorini4, B. Supriadi5, S. Kawai6

1Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Beppu, Japan
2Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan
3Faculty of Engineering, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
4Faculty of Forestry, University of Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
5Research and Development, PT. Musi Hutan Persada, Sumatera Selatan, Indonesia
6Graduate School of Advanced Leadership Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan


9:00  F15.4   MICROWAVE VEGETATION INDICES AND THE APPLICATION FOR VEGETATION OPTICAL DEPTH RETRIEVAL USING WINDSAT DATA

Y. Li1,2, J. Shi1

1State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China