Morphology estimation of rice fields using X-band PolSAR data

Onur Yuzugullu, Esra Erten, Irena Hajnsek

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Abstract

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) remote sensing techniques play a significant role in modern agricultural crop monitoring by relating the plant structure (height, biomass, yield and growth-stage) to the backscattering behavior of the vegetative canopy. The current trend in crop monitoring is towards precision agriculture, which needs detailed morphology information. By predicting the physical structure, one can just determine the under and overgrowth conditions. In this study, we propose a probabilistic inversion algorithm for a Radiative Transfer Theory (RTT) model which relates the backscattering response of a canopy to its physical structure. The outcomes of the inversion provided promising results by estimating the dimensions of the primary structures with a small bias.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2016 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2016 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages7121-7124
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781509033324
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2016
Event36th IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2016 - Beijing, China
Duration: 10 Jul 201615 Jul 2016

Publication series

NameInternational Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Volume2016-November

Conference

Conference36th IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2016
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period10/07/1615/07/16

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
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Keywords

  • crop morphology
  • metamodels
  • monitoring
  • optimization
  • Polarimetry
  • precision agriculture
  • SAR

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