Performances of GNSS-R Glori Data Over Lande Forest

摘要

The GLORI Campaign performed in June-July 2015 to investigate the sensitivity of airborne GNSS-R measurements to land parameters is presented. In this paper data obtained on forest areas are analyzed. Ground truth measurements of tree height, density and diameter at breast height, AGB etc were measured over 100 maritime pine forest plots of various ages. The correlation between forest parameters and GNSS reflectivity in LHCP polarization (Γ_LR) or polarization ratio (PR) yields to high sensitivity for high elevation angles (70°-90°). Results show that PR illustrates highest potential than the reflectivity in LHCP.