Invention Grant
US07924210B2 System, method, and apparatus for remote measurement of terrestrial biomass
有权
用于远程测量陆生生物量的系统,方法和装置
- Patent Title: System, method, and apparatus for remote measurement of terrestrial biomass
- Patent Title (中): 用于远程测量陆生生物量的系统,方法和装置
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Application No.: US11990505Application Date: 2006-06-28
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Publication No.: US07924210B2Publication Date: 2011-04-12
- Inventor: Patrick W Johnson
- Applicant: Patrick W Johnson
- Applicant Address: US VA Fairfax
- Assignee: Zimmerman Associates, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Zimmerman Associates, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Fairfax
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2006/025270 WO 20060628
- International Announcement: WO2008/054348 WO 20080508
- Main IPC: G01S13/89
- IPC: G01S13/89

Abstract:
A system, method, and/or apparatus for remote measurement of terrestrial biomass contained in vegetative elements, such as large tree boles or trunks present in an area of interest, are provided. The method includes providing an airborne VHF radar system in combination with a LiDAR system, overflying the area of interest while directing energy toward the area of interest, using the VHF radar system to collect backscatter data from the trees as a function of incidence angle and frequency, and determining a magnitude of the biomass from the backscatter data and data from the laser radar system for each radar resolution cell. A biomass map is generated showing the magnitude of the biomass of the vegetative elements as a function of location on the map by using each resolution cell as a unique location thereon. In certain preferred embodiments, a single frequency is used with a linear array antenna.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100225531A1 System, Method, and Apparatus for Remote Measurement of Terrestrial Biomass Public/Granted day:2010-09-09
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