Sensitivity of Sentinel-1 to Rain Stored in Temperate Forest

C.R. Cisneros Vaca; C. van der Tol

doi:10.1109/IGARSS.2018.8517859

Sensitivity of Sentinel-1 to Rain Stored in Temperate Forest

C.R. Cisneros Vaca, C. van der Tol

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Abstract

The sensitivity of radar backscatter to the amount of intercepted rain in a Douglas-fir and a beech stand was analyzed to determine the feasibility of retrieval canopy storage capacity from Sentinel-1 (C-band). On average, backscatter of a wet Douglas-fir canopy is ∼1.5 dB and ∼1 dB higher than the backscatter when the canopy is dry at VH and VV polarization respectively. No consistent differences were found in the case of the beech stand between wet and dry conditions. It is argued that the use of Sentinel-1 to retrieve the amount of intercepted rainfall is limited at best to a reliability of 50% and to canopies with large storage capacity.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IGARSS 2018 - 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	5330-5333
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2018.8517859
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2018
Event	38th IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2018: Observing, Understanding and Forcasting the Dynamics of Our Planet - Feria Valencia Convention & Exhibition Center, Valencia, Spain Duration: 22 Jul 2018 → 27 Jul 2018 Conference number: 38 https://www.igarss2018.org/

Conference

Conference	38th IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2018
Abbreviated title	2018
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Valencia
Period	22/07/18 → 27/07/18
Internet address	https://www.igarss2018.org/

Keywords

Backscatter
Forestry
Synthetic aperture radar
Sensitivity
Rain
Vegetation mapping
Forest
interception
SAR
radar
Sentinel-1

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Sensitivity of Sentinel-1 to Rain Stored in Temperate Forest

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