Mapping diverse vegetation with multichannel radar imagesAirborne-SAR, SIR-A, Seasat SAR, and Landsat TM images of the Savannah River Plant, a gently sloping area of South Carolina covered with diverse vegetation, are presented and briefly characterized. Preliminary results indicate that multiple-polarization images constructed from the airborne-SAR data give some indication of forest density and understory growth but do not permit discrimination between evergreen and deciduous forests. Heat-tolerant vegetation growing on sand bars in streams bearing thermal effluents from nuclear reactors on the site is found to have a distinguishing polarization signature.
Document ID
19860063108
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Ford, J. P. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Wickland, D. E. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Ocampo, A. (California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States)
Sharitz, R. R. (Georgia, University Aiken, SC, United States)