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Integrating microwave and hyperspectral remote sensing for estimating vegetation structure and biomass

Objectives

1. Estimate subcrown and crown dimensions and relative vegetation densities from multibaseline, polarimetric interferometric radar (TOPSAR).

2. Estimate leaf area index and fractional forest cover from hyperspectral data (AVIRIS).

3. Combine the parameters estimated from each data type to extract 2- and 3-component LAD.

4. Demonstrate a novel approach to estimating biomass from the extracted structure and LAD parameters.

5. Validate all of the above remote sensing measurements with field measurements.