Practice: Satellite peatland restoration: Using satellite technology to look at how bogs 'breathe'

摘要

New research, published on International Bog Day (July 25th), demonstrates the potential for measuring 'bog breathing' - or peatland surface motion - to monitor restoration sites in future. A collaboration between NatureScot, University of the Highlands and Islands, University of Nottingham, and Forestry and Land Scotland, the research uses Satellite Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR), which can map the movement of the ground's surface - a technique developed with University of Nottingham spinout company Terra Motion Ltd.