The BELSAR dataset: Mono- and bistatic full-pol L-band SAR for agriculture and hydrology.
Journal
Scientific data
ISSN: 2052-4463
Titre abrégé: Sci Data
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101640192
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
20 May 2024
20 May 2024
Historique:
received:
21
08
2023
accepted:
29
04
2024
medline:
21
5
2024
pubmed:
21
5
2024
entrez:
20
5
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The BELSAR dataset consists of high-resolution multitemporal airborne mono- and bistatic fully-polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data in L-band, alongside concurrent measurements of vegetation and soil biogeophysical variables measured in maize and winter wheat fields during the summer of 2018 in Belgium. Its collection was funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) to address the lack of publicly-accessible experimental datasets combining multistatic SAR and in situ measurements. As such, it offers an opportunity to advance the development of SAR remote sensing science and applications for agricultural monitoring and hydrology. This paper aims to facilitate its adoption and exploration by offering comprehensive documentation and integrating its multiple data sources into a unified, analysis-ready dataset.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38769397
doi: 10.1038/s41597-024-03320-1
pii: 10.1038/s41597-024-03320-1
doi:
Types de publication
Dataset
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
513Subventions
Organisme : Federaal Wetenschapsbeleid (Belgian Federal Science Policy Office)
ID : SR/00/409
Organisme : Federaal Wetenschapsbeleid (Belgian Federal Science Policy Office)
ID : SR/00/409
Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s).
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