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      Exposed Intertidal Flats Monitoring by Polarimetric SAR
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      Exposed Intertidal Flats Monitoring by Polarimetric SAR

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      Exposed Intertidal Flats Monitoring by Polarimetric SAR book

      ByMartin Gade, Wensheng Wang
      BookAdvances in SAR Remote Sensing of Oceans

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      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2018
      Imprint CRC Press
      Pages 16
      eBook ISBN 9781351235822
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      ABSTRACT

      The Wadden Sea on the continental North Sea coast is the world’s largest coherent intertidal area, and it needs frequent and accurate surveillance. However, the radar backscattering mechanisms of sediments and habitats are not fully understood. In this chapter, we demonstrated the influence of environmental conditions on the radar return of intertidal sediments and habitats, and further proposed new indicators for bivalve (oysters and blue mussels) beds, derived from dual-polarization TerraSAR-X, Radarsat-2, and ALOS-2 images of the German Wadden Sea. Our analyses are based on the Kennaugh element framework, whose elements are used to gain information on the total intensity at both co-polarizations and on the relative strength of even- and odd-bounce backscattering. Results show that continuous bivalve bed monitoring is possible using dual-polarization SAR acquisitions at all radar wavelengths. In addition, the actual water level, seasonal change, and local wind speed change the strength of the radar return, but also the backscattering mechanism.

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