For optical images, cloud and cloud shadow is always a problem during image processing and interpretation. Landsat ETM+ images, as a kind of optical images, are affected by cloud too. On the other hand, microwave images such as ALOS PALSAR images, which depend on microwave, is not affected by cloud, thus they are cloud-free. The aim of this study is to develop a semi-automatic method for removi...

Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) Phased Array L-band type Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR) backscatter images with 50 m pixel size (strip images) at HV-polarization were used to map clear-cuts at a regional and national level in Sweden. For a set of 31 clear-cuts, on average 59.9% of the pixels within each clear-cut were correctly detected. When compared with a one-pixel edge-eroded ve...

Microwave remote sensing has shown proof of its effectiveness for frozen ground mapping due to the high difference of permittivity between frozen and unfrozen soil. However, the characterization of seasonal frozen ground still remains a problematic application. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) on the 24 of January 2006. This sat...

We propose to estimate Faraday rotation (FR) from SAR unfocussed raw data rather than focussed Single Look Complex (SLC) data. The main issue of the previous approaches presented in literature is the inherent averaging of the FR angle with the focussing process. This averaging might lead to wrong estimation of FR especially in the case of rapid spatial variation of Total Electron Content (TEC) ...

The objectives of this study were (a) to evaluate the suitability of SAR imagery for discriminating savanna physiognomies, (b) to combine SAR and optical imagery for achieving improved accuracy, and (c) to develop a hybrid approach based on pixels and objects to characterize gradients of vegetation density. We used imagery from the Phased Array L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR), as well ...

This study reports on the use of PALSAR data to retrieve soil moisture content over agricultural areas. An algorithm transforming temporal series of PALSAR data into soil moisture content by using a constrained minimization technique, integrating a priori information on soil parameters, is presented. The algorithm applies to winter wheat and has been assessed on simulated and experimental data ...

China launched the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program (TNSFP) in 1978 northern to combat desertification and dust storms, but it is still controversial ecologically fragile arid semi-arid areas, which partly due uncertainties of monitoring spatial-temporal changes forest distribution. In this study, we aim provide an overall retrospect (i.e., gain loss) during 2007–2017, analyze different p...

High precision DEM of a tidal-flat is valuable to coastal management as well as pure scientific interest including erosion and sedimentation rate study. Geomorphologic mapping in coastal zone is, however, complicated by the rapid and significant changes on many fluvial forms and poor topographic expression of the landform. Three space-borne SAR systems including ALOS PALSAR, TerrrSAR-X and ERS-...

Natural hazards of geological origin are one of major problem during heavy monsoons rainfall in Kelantan state, peninsular Malaysia. Several landslides occur in this region are obviously connected to geological and topographical features, every year. Satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data are particularly applicable for detection of geological structural and topographical features in tro...