Imaging Radar for the Study of Land Cover and Land Use Change

Start Date:

01/01/2000

End Date:

01/01/2003

Project Call:

Land-Cover Land-Use Change

Science Theme:

Detection and Monitoring of LCLUC

Observations and Data

Regional Initiative:

GOFC-GOLD Regional Networks

Region:

North America

Continental U.S.

Solicitation:

LCLUC-99

Team members:

Person Name	Person role on project	Affiliation
Guoqing Sun	Principal Investigator	University of Maryland, Greenbelt, United States

Abstract:

Scattering Mechanisms: -Surface scattering -Double-bounce scattering -Volumetric scattering Factors that effect radar backscattering include: Radar parameters: Incidence angle Wavelength and polarization Targets: Surface roughness Moisture contents Scatterer’s geometry Major backscattering components from a forest canopy: -Volumetric scattering from tree crowns -Ground surface scattering -Trunk-ground double-bounce scattering -Crown-ground multiple scattering

Project Documents

Year	Authors	Type	Title
2003	Guoqing Sun	NASA LCLUC Science Team Presentation	Imaging Radar for the Study of Land Cover and Land Use Change
2003	Guoqing Sun	Annual Progress Report	Monitoring Forest Dynamics in Northeastern China in Support of GOFC (Images with captions)
2002	Guoqing Sun	Annual Progress Report	Monitoring Forest Dynamics in Northeastern China in Support of GOFC (Report)
2001	Guoqing Sun	Annual Progress Report	Monitoring Forest Dynamics Using Multi-sensor Data In Northeastern China
2000	Guoqing Sun	NASA LCLUC Science Team Presentation	Monitoring Forest Dynamics in Northeastern China in Support of GOFC