Three Stage Inversion Algorithm Improvement in Forest Height Estimation Using Polarimetric SAR Interferometry Data

Document Type : علمی - پژوهشی

Authors

1 Ph.D. Student in Photogrammetry, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Geomatics Engineering Faculty

2 Assistant Prof. of K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Geomatics Engineering Faculty

3 Prof. of K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Geomatics Engineering Faculty

Abstract

This paper provides an advanced method to improve results of three stage inversion algorithm using polarimetric synthetic aperture radar interferometry (PolInSAR) technique based on Random Volume over Ground model. In conventional three stage method, the ground phase, extinction coefficient and volume layer is estimated in a geometrical way without the need for a prior information or separate reference DEM. The extinction and volume height estimation is done in the third stage by searching in the two dimension area. In the proposed algorithm, defining a new geometrical index, based on signal penetration in the forest, imposes a limited range for the extinction coefficient. The new index, as an axillary data, help search in a more appropriate space.  The proposed algorithm was applied on L-band ESAR single baseline single frequency polarimetric SAR interferometry data. As a result of applying this restriction in the extinction range, a 2.5 meter improvement was observed in the RMSE of proposed algorithm compared to the three stage method.   

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