Polarimetric Decomposition Applied to 3D SAR Images of Forested Terrain

In this paper, recently conceived polarimetric array signal processing techniques are applied for producing 3D images over forested scenes from multibaseline POL-InSAR observations. Subsequently, the optimal scattering mechanisms are investigated using polarimetric decomposition to derive structural forest parameters. This three-dimensional analysis is performed by employing multibaseline POL-InSAR datasets over a temperate forest (Traunstein) acquired by the E-SAR system of DLR at L-band and validated against LIDAR measurements.