Application of Repeat-Pass TerraSAR-X Staring Spotlight Interferometric Coherence to Monitor Pasture Biophysical Parameters: Limitations and Sensitivity Analysis

• Published in: IEEE journal of selected topics in applied earth observations and remote sensing Vol. 10; no. 7; pp. 3225 - 3231
• Main Authors: Ali, Iftikhar, Barrett, Brian, Cawkwell, Fiona, Green, Stuart, Dwyer, Edward, Neumann, Maxim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.07.2017
• Subjects: Backscatter; Biomass; Biophysical parameters; Coherence; Decorrelation; InSAR coherence; Interferometry; managed pastures; Synthetic aperture radar; TerraSAR-X Staring Spotlight (TSX-ST); Wind speed

This paper describes the potential and limitations of repeat-pass synthetic aperture radar interferometry (InSAR) to retrieve the biophysical parameters of intensively managed pastures. We used a time series of eight acquisitions from the TerraSAR-X Staring Spotlight (TSX-ST) mode. The ST mode is di...