An overview of how Synthetic Aperture Radar can be used to determine forest structure, based on chapters 2 and 3 of the SAR Handbook: Comprehensive Methodologies for Forest Monitoring and Biomass Estimation.
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CHP 2:
Meyer, Franz. “Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar – Principles, Data Access, and Basic Processing Techniques.” SAR Handbook: Comprehensive Methodologies for Forest Monitoring and Biomass Estimation. Eds. Flores, A., Herndon, K., Thapa, R., Cherrington, E. NASA. 2019. DOI: 10.25966/ez4f-mg98
CHP 3:
Kellndorfer, Josef. “Using SAR Data for Mapping Deforestation and Forest Degradation.” SAR Handbook: Comprehensive Methodologies for Forest Monitoring and Biomass Estimation. Eds. Flores, A., Herndon, K., Thapa, R., Cherrington, E. NASA. 2019. DOI: . 10.25966/68c9-gw82
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