Some satellite sensors give a degraded image of the terrain. Even small topography variations cause significant geometrical degradations in SAR images. Corrections of the SAR data for these effects are therefore required for integration and application with optical data. Work is currently being undertaken towards further development in a new project managed by Norwegian industry. The goal is to implement the geocoding software in a nationally developed SAR processing system that generates SAR products in near real-time.
Different colors represent different cutting classes.
Test area outside Oslo, Norway. Large Forest Resources Identification of forest stand types, forest age and cutting classes, timber volume and forest conditions are important for the forest industry. A forest mapping activity has therefore been established in co-operation with the forest industry. Forest stand segmentation is an important task in developing the use of earth observation data for forest mapping, planning and management. The longer term objective is to use remote sensing data as input for forest stand timber volume estimation.