Use of UAVSAR for Vegetation Structure and Biomass Studies
Scott
Hensley, JPL, scott.hensley@jpl.nasa.gov
(Presenting)
Bruce
Chapman, JPL, bruce.chapman@jpl.nasa.gov
Marc
Simard, JPL, marc.simrad@jpl.nasa.gov
UAVSAR is the latest generation of airborne SARs developed by NASA for remote sensing applications. It is a full polarimetric L-band SAR with 80 MHz bandwidth designed to make robust reepat pass measurements. It employs an electronically scanned antenna that compensates for aircraft attitude changes on a pulse-by-pulse basis in flight and incorporates a NASA Dryden precision flight control system to maintain the platform within 5 meters of the desired trajectory. This poster describes the essential features of the UAVSAR radar and presents a planned experiment to conduct L-band tomographic radar observations over a site previously mapped by the LVIS lidar to measure vegetation 3D structure and biomass.
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