VHF radar mapping of forest biomass in Panama

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Imhoff, ML [1 ]
Johnson, P [1 ]
Carson, S [1 ]
Lawrence, W [1 ]
Condit, R [1 ]
Stutzer, D [1 ]
Wright, J [1 ]
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[1] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Biospher Sci Branch, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
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In 1998 a VHF (80-116 MHz) synthetic aperture radar (BioSAR) mounted on NASA's C-130 aircraft collected data over a series of Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) test sites along the Panama Canal Zone in the Republic of Panama. A biomass surface map of the area was generated by interpolating between BioSAR measurement points for a set of parallel flight lines. Accuracy testing showed that there was good agreement (+/-10%) between the sensor-derived estimates of above ground biomass and the field data.
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