Title
Time Series of Hybrid-Polarity Parameters Over Agricultural Crops
Abstract
An example of the potential of hybrid-polarity architecture parameters for agricultural monitoring is presented in this letter. Time series of such descriptors have been generated from quad-polarization radar airborne measurements at the L-band acquired during the AgriSAR 2006 campaign. An assessment on the sensitivity of these observables for monitoring the cultivation of winter wheat, maize, and winter rape crops has been addressed. All possible correlations among these polarimetric descriptors and crop coverage, phenological stage, leaf area index, wet biomass, and crop height have been analyzed for the whole growth season. The results of this study reveal that hybrid-polarity systems provide sensitivity in many cases to retrieve both quantitative information and qualitative information from agricultural crops.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1109/LGRS.2011.2162312
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, IEEE
Keywords
Field
DocType
remote sensing by radar,synthetic aperture radar,time series,vegetation,vegetation mapping,AgriSAR campaign,L-band,agricultural crops,agricultural monitoring,crop coverage,hybrid-polarity architecture parameters,hybrid-polarity systems,leaf area index,maize crop,quad-polarization radar airborne measurements,synthetic aperture radar,time series,winter rape crop,winter wheat crop,Agriculture,biophysical parameters,hybrid polarity,synthetic aperture radar (SAR) polarimetry
Radar,Leaf area index,Time series,Vegetation,Synthetic aperture radar,Crop,Remote sensing,Agriculture,Mathematics,Phenology
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
9
1
1545-598X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
6
0.66
1
Authors
4