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Abstract
The Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS) has more than 30 years of experience investigating the use of SAR remote sensing for many applications related to terrestrial water resources. Recently, CCRS scientists began contributing to the Terrestrial Wetland Global Change Research Network (TWGCRN), a bi-national research network dedicated to assessing impacts of global change on interconnected wetland-upland landscapes across a vital portion of North America. CCRS scientists are applying SAR remote sensing to characterize wetland components of these landscapes in three ways. First, they are using a comprehensive set of RADARSAT-2 SAR data collected during April to September 2009 to extract multi-temporal surface water information for key TWGCRN study landscapes in North America. Second, they are analyzing polarimetric RADARSAT-2 data to determine areas where double-bounce represents the primary scattering mechanism and is indicative of flooded vegetation in these landscapes. Third, they are testing advanced interferometric SAR techniques to estimate water levels with RADARSAT-2 Fine Quad polarimetric image pairs. The combined information from these three SAR analysis activities will provide TWGCRN scientists with an integrated view and monitoring capability for these dynamic wetland-upland landscapes. These data are being used in conjunction with other remote sensing and field data to study interactions between landscape and animal (birds and amphibians) responses to climate/global change.
| Publication type | Conference Paper |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Conference Paper |
| Title | Canadian SAR remote sensing for the Terrestrial Wetland Global Change Research Network (TWGCRN) |
| Year Published | 2012 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | IAHS |
| Contributing office(s) | Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center |
| Description | 4 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Conference publication |
| Larger Work Title | Remote Sensing and Hydrology (Proceedings of a symposium held at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA, September 2010) (IAHS Publ. 352, 2012) |
| First page | 380 |
| Last page | 383 |
| Conference Title | Remote Sensing and Hydrology 2010 Symposium |
| Conference Location | Jackson Hole, Wyoming |
| Conference Date | September 27-30, 2010 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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