Assessing the Impact of Precipitation on L-band SAR Forest Observation: An ALOS-2 Big Data Case Study in the Tropics

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Koyama, Christian N. [1 ]
Watanabe, Manabu [1 ]
Tadono, Takeo [2 ]
Shimada, Masanobu [1 ,2 ]
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[1] Tokyo Denki Univ, Hatoyama, Saitama 3500394, Japan
[2] JAXA, Sengen 2-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058505, Japan
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081102 ; 0816 ; 081602 ; 083002 ; 1404 ;
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Forest monitoring is a prime mission for SAR earth observation. However, the reliability of applications like biomass estimation and deforestation detection is largely hampered by spatial-temporal backscatter fluctuations. In the tropics, these variabilities are mainly driven by the rainfall regime. In preparation for the golden age of L-band SAR, this paper presents the first comprehensive study on the impact of rainfall on L-band EO data. Based on a big data analysis using 300 TB of ALOS-2 images together with 1.5 billion rainfall datasets, pantropic gamma(0)/rainfall correlation maps were produced which provide all-new information on the precipitation effects in SAR imaging.
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