Tropical forest tree height retrieval with TanDEM-X: Algorithm development and accuracy analysis

Oleg Antropov; Yrjö Rauste; Tuomas Häme; Ben de Jong

Tropical forest tree height retrieval with TanDEM-X: Algorithm development and accuracy analysis

Oleg Antropov (Corresponding author), Yrjö Rauste, Tuomas Häme, Ben de Jong

El Colegio de la Frontera Sur

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Two semi-empirical approaches suitable for forest tree height retrieval from interferometric SAR images were developed in this study. Methods developed are mainly meant for cases when reference elevation model is missing. Spaceborne interferometric SAR data from TanDEM-X mission was used in the study. The study site was located in the south-eastern part of the state of Chiapas, Mexico. The TanDEM-X images were acquired during spring and summer 2012. The height estimates obtained in the study varied between 15 and 35 meters in the area of interest covered by the TanDEM-X images. The Pearson's correlation coefficient between estimated tree heights and reference ground plots form National Forest Inventory were 0.25 and 0.32 for maximum and average tree height measures, respectively. This work on tropical forest tree height retrieval from interferometric TanDEM-X images was performed within the EU FP7 project ReCover

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the ESA Living Planet Symposium 2013
Editors	Leny Ouwehand
Place of Publication	Noordwijk
Publisher	European Space Agency (ESA)
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	978-92-9221-286-5
Publication status	Published - 2013
MoE publication type	B3 Non-refereed article in conference proceedings
Event	ESA Living Planet Symposium 2013 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 9 Sept 2013 → 13 Sept 2013 Conference number: ESA SP-722

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Conference	ESA Living Planet Symposium 2013
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Edinburgh
Period	9/09/13 → 13/09/13

Keywords

Tropical forest
tree height
synthetic aperure radar
interferometry
TanDEM-X

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Antropov, O, Rauste, Y, Häme, T & de Jong, B 2013, Tropical forest tree height retrieval with TanDEM-X: Algorithm development and accuracy analysis. in L Ouwehand (ed.), Proceedings of the ESA Living Planet Symposium 2013. European Space Agency (ESA), Noordwijk, ESA Living Planet Symposium 2013, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 9/09/13. <http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013ESASP.722E.167A>

Tropical forest tree height retrieval with TanDEM-X: Algorithm development and accuracy analysis. / Antropov, Oleg (Corresponding author); Rauste, Yrjö; Häme, Tuomas et al.
Proceedings of the ESA Living Planet Symposium 2013. ed. / Leny Ouwehand. Noordwijk: European Space Agency (ESA), 2013.

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