Remote sensing data with medium spatial resolution can provide useful information about Gross Primary Production (GPP), especially on the scale of urban areas. Most models of ecosystem carbon exchange that are based on remote sensing use some form of the light use efficiency (LUE) model. The aim of this work is to analyze the distribution of annual GPP in the urban area of Denpasar, Bali. Addit...

This paper introduces the updated results of calibration for optical instruments of the Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS, nicknamed “Daichi”), was successfully launched on January 24th, 2006, and it continuously working very well. ALOS has three mission instruments; an L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar called PALSAR, and two optical sensors called PRISM and AVNIR-2. PRISM stands for the Pa...

Multispectral visible/near-infrared (VNIR) earth observation satellites, e.g., Ikonos, Quickbird, ALOS AVNIR-2, and DMC, usually acquire imagery in a few (3 - 5) spectral bands. Atmospheric correction is a challenging task for these images because the standard methods require at least one shortwave infrared band (around 1.6 or 2.2 µm) or hyperspectral instruments to derive the aerosol optical t...

The Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) was launched on Jan 24th, 2006 by a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) H-IIA launcher. It carries three remote sensing instruments: Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometer type-2 (AVNIR-2), Panchromatic Remote-sensing Instrument for Stereo Mapping (PRISM) and Phased Array Type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR). Within the framewor...

Agricultural land has a strategic function as the primary food provider for the people of Indonesia. Various methods of agricultural production estimation, particularly food crops, provide different information. It can be a source of error in decision making. Satellite data, provides information periodically, wide coverage area, can be used as a source of information on the condition of agricul...

This study is describe to development of glacial lake inventory in the Bhutan Himalayas using the Panchromatic Remote Sensing Instrument for Stereo Mapping (PRISM) and the Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometer type-2 (AVNIR-2) onboard the Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS, nicknamed “Daichi”) to contribute to the evaluation of potential Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) and the...

Vegetation species maps are useful for forestry managements and environmental ecological study. From the forestry management, broad and conifer leaf forest should be mapped. In addition to them, land-cover mapping data with high resolution is needed as validation data sets for low resolution’s land-cover mapping results. SGLI sensor on board GCOM-C satellite, which will be launched in 2014, has...

On October 29, 2008, magnitude 6.4 earthquake occurred in a area of western Pakistan. One of the Japanese earth observation satellite, Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS), observed this area by all onboard sensors, AVNIR-2, PRISM, and PALSAR. By optical imagery, AVNIR-2 and PRISM imagery, huge landslide (rock slide) and landslide dam were confirmed by visual interpretation. And also this l...

We analyzed ALOS PALSAR interferometric data pairs from Sendai Plain, Japan, along the Pacific Ocean. Continuous fringe patterns were extracted from the data pair of which perpendicular baseline distance is more than 2000 m. Most of the interferograms generated in this study show fringe features that are independent from actual surface deformation. Some features are common to different interfer...