L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar and Its Application for Forest Parameter Estimation, 1972 to 2024: A Review
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Analysis of Forest Penetration of L-Band SAR Signal
2.1. Introduction of L-Band SAR Satellites
2.2. Trend in Annual Publications
2.3. Publications by Country and Region
2.4. Publications by Research Institution
2.5. Publications by the First Author
2.6. Publication by Journal
3. Applications of L-Band SAR Data in Forestry
3.1. Forest Height
3.2. Moisture
3.3. Forest Stocks
4. Penetration of L-Band Signal and Its Influencing Factors
4.1. Penetration of L-Band Signal
4.2. Influencing Factors in L-Band Penetration
5. Future Development
5.1. Integration of L-Band SAR Data and the Tomography Algorithm
5.2. Integration of L-Band and P-Band
6. Conclusions and Discussion
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Serial Number | Launch Time | Country or Region | Satellite Name |
---|---|---|---|
1 | February 1978 | Global Positioning System | NAVSTAR GPS |
2 | June 1978 | American Seasat satellite | Seasat |
3 | February 1992 | Japan Earth Resource Satellite | JERS-1 |
4 | January 2006 | Japan Advanced Land Observing Satellite | ALOS/ALOS-2 |
5 | November 2009 | European Space Agency Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity Satellite | SMOS |
6 | January 2015 | United States Active and Passive Soil Moisture Monitoring Satellite | SMAP |
7 | October 2018 | Argentine Microwave Observation Satellite 1A | SAOCOM-1A |
8 | September 2019 | China Yunhai-1 02 satellite | Yunhai-1 02 |
9 | August 2020 | Argentine Microwave Observation Satellite 1B | SAOCOM-1B |
10 | January 2022 | China Landexplorer-1 Group 01A satellite | LT-1A |
11 | January 2022 | China Landexplorer-1 Group 01 B satellite | LT-1B |
Observed Object | L-Band | C-Band | X-Band |
---|---|---|---|
Sea Ice | * | √ | √√ |
Snow (type and thickened layer) | √√ | √√ | √√ |
Soil moisture | √√ | √√ | √√ |
Soil roughness | √ | √√ | √√ |
Soils | √√ | √ | * |
Water-land boundaries | √√ | √ | √√ |
Vegetation | √√ | √√ | √√ |
Vegetation moisture | √√ | √√ | √√ |
Ocean | √√ | √√ | * |
Geological structure, structure | * | √ | √ |
Desert underground | √√ | √ | * |
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Ye, Z.; Long, J.; Zhang, T.; Lin, B.; Lin, H. L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar and Its Application for Forest Parameter Estimation, 1972 to 2024: A Review. Plants 2024, 13, 2511. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13172511
Ye Z, Long J, Zhang T, Lin B, Lin H. L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar and Its Application for Forest Parameter Estimation, 1972 to 2024: A Review. Plants. 2024; 13(17):2511. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13172511
Chicago/Turabian StyleYe, Zilin, Jiangping Long, Tingchen Zhang, Bingbing Lin, and Hui Lin. 2024. "L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar and Its Application for Forest Parameter Estimation, 1972 to 2024: A Review" Plants 13, no. 17: 2511. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13172511