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ALOS PALSAR 50-meter Mosaic Step-by-step Processing Manual on Forest Cover Classification: A Training Manual (2012)

Monzon, Angelica Kristina et al. (2013). ALOS PALSAR 50-meter Mosaic Step-by-step Processing Manual on Forest Cover Classification: A Training Manual (2012). Quezon City, Philippines: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH [pdf].

This manual will serve as a guide in training participants in using The ALOS PALSAR 50m mosaic data set to examine forest cover and change detection applications and development of operational national REDD+ MRV systems.

 

ALOS (Advanced Land Observing Satellite) is a Japanese Earth observing satellite program mainly used for land observation following the Japanese Earth Resources Satellite-1 (JERS-1) and the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS). ALOS has three remote sensing instruments: the Panchromatic Remote-sensing Instrument for Stereo Mapping (PRISM) for digital elevation mapping, the Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometer type 2 (AVNIR-2) for precise land coverage observation, and the Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR) for day-and-night and all-weather land observation. PALSAR is an active microwave sensor using the L-band frequency. It provides higher performance than the JERS-1's synthetic aperture radar (SAR). The development of the PALSAR is a joint project between JAXA and the Japan Resources Observation System Organization (JAROS).

Author: 
Angelica Kristina Monzon, Ma. Rosario Ang, Francisco Tavora, Enrico Paringit, Jose Don de Alban, Mari Trix Estomata
Subject: 
ALOS PALSAR 50-meter Mosaic -- Manual
File: 
PDF icon ALOS PALSAR 25-meter mosaic step-by-step manual on extraction of forest cover and change detection analy.pdf
Physical Location: 
CD REDD+ 2016 kp2
Project Title: 
Modernization of Forest Policy and Piloting of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) Project
Publication Type: 
Guides