Susanne Karg started her M.Sc. thesis on „Burn scar detection using polarimetric ALOS-2 time-series data“ in cooperation with DLR-DFD (Günter Strunz, Sandra Martinis). The aim of this thesis is to develop a change-detection approach using polarimetric SAR (PolSAR) data and, if suitable data is available, interferometric SAR (InSAR) data to detect fire scars. Within this thesis different polarimetric decomposition approaches and pixel-based classifications will be tested for their suitability to detect a recently burned region of interest. The variables which perform best will then be used for an object-based post-classification refinement.
Collaboration with Forest Ecology, Goettingen
A recent visit to the University of Göttingen provided the opportunity for collaboration talks with the group of Prof. Dr. Dominik Seidel, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, Department for Spatial Structures and Digitization of Forests. Discussions focused...
