Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/Z/S/2000/01282/3
CORSAR - Carbon Observation and Retrieval from Synthetic Aperture Radar.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor H Balzter, University of Leicester, Geography
- Grant held at:
- University of Leicester, Geography
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Atmospheric
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Land - Atmosphere Interactions
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- Environmental Informatics
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- The project aims to develop an innovative framework for retrieving forest canopy structure and aboveground biomass with improved accuracy from multi-wavelength polarimetric SAR interferometry. Height profiles from the wavelength and polarisation-dependent scattering phase centres and the contribution of basic scattering mechanisms derived from polarimetric decomposition theorems will be combined with results from a coherent microwave model. Airborne E-SAR, spaceborne SIR-C images and anechoic chamber measurements will serve as datasets. The new retrieval algorithms will be used to assess options for spaceborne SAR missions in the ESA Earth Explorer programme in collaboration with BAE SYSTEMS. We will also evaluate small, lightweight chaser satellites orbiting behind ENVISAT or ALOS, and data integration with complementary EO techniques, such as LIDAR.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/Z/S/2000/01282/3
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- New Observing Techniques
This grant award has a total value of £13,522
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|
| £4,168 | £3,512 | £5,840 |
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