@inproceedings{c0fd55d53a284f569afa308c7484936a,
title = "Tropical forest structure observation with TanDEM-X data",
abstract = "TanDEM-X forms together with TerraSAR-X the first single-pass polarimetric interferometer in space. This allows for the first time the acquisition and analysis of Single-, Dual-, and Quad-Pol-InSAR data without the disturbing effect of temporal decorrelation globally. For this reason, the exploration of TanDEM-X data for forestry is constantly increasing especially concerning forest height estimation, biomass classification and structure characterization. This paper reports the results of recent experiments aimed at investigating the potentials of TanDEM-X in characterizing quantitatively the spatial variability of the canopy top and phase center height, which is a proxy to horizontal structure. It is shown that such characterization can allow to differentiate among e.g. different successional and / disturbance stages in tropical forests.",
keywords = "canopy texture, forest structure, interferometry, SAR, TanDEM-X",
author = "A. Pulella and Bispo, \{P. C.\} and M. Pardini and F. Kugler and V. Cazcarra and M. Tello and K. Papathanassiou and H. Balzter and I. Rizaev and Santos, \{M. N.\} and \{Dos Santos\}, \{J. R.\} and Araujo, \{L. S.\} and K. Tansey",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 IEEE.; 37th Annual IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2017 ; Conference date: 23-07-2017 Through 28-07-2017",
year = "2017",
month = dec,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1109/IGARSS.2017.8127102",
language = "English",
series = "International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "918--921",
booktitle = "2017 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium",
address = "United States",
}