Scattering Characteristics of X-, C- and L-Band PolSAR Data Examined for the Tundra Environment of the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula, Canada

• Published in: Applied Sciences
• Main Authors: Tobias Ullmann, Sarah N. Banks, Andreas Schmitt, Thomas Jagdhuber
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2017
• Subjects: PolSAR; dual polarimetry; quad polarimetry; decomposition; TerraSAR-X; Radarsat-2; ALOS; ALOS-2; tundra; arctic; Arctic; Canada; Tuktoyaktuk; Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/app7060595

In this study, polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (PolSAR) data at X-, C- and L-Bands, acquired by the satellites: TerraSAR-X (2011), Radarsat-2 (2011), ALOS (2010) and ALOS-2 (2016), were used to characterize the tundra land cover of a test site located close to the town of Tuktoyaktuk, NWT, Can...