ABSTRACT
Radio-engineering space-based assets in the microwave range are especially efficient for forest sounding. For an adequate assessment of forest conditions, an unambiguous correspondence between radio-physical measurements and the results of conventional methods for measuring forest parameters must be established. The potential for accuracy of the method identified by experimental research on an ultra-wide band (UWB) radar functional prototype has become a subject of interest. The transverse resolution of the UWB radar is defined by its directivity pattern. In forest tomography, it should be taken into account that the forest is simultaneously the object of sounding and the medium for radiation propagation as well. By varying the location of the focusing point, it is possible to achieve full scanning of the sounded area so that a tomogram of the inhomogeneous medium can be obtained. A tomographic image is reconstructed in a way using the Contour Plot option in MathCad.
