Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 42, Issue 17, 1728001(2022)
Review on Development of Forest Biomass Remote Sensing Satellites
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Fig. 2. Schematic diagram of three-dimensional atmospheric aerosol distribution observation means
Table 1. Overview of optical sensors used in forest biomass estimation by foreign satellites
View tableTable 1. Overview of optical sensors used in forest biomass estimation by foreign satellites
Satellite Country Instrument Swath /km Bandwidth /μm Spatial solution /m View angle /（°） Landsat-7 USA Enhanced Thematic
Mapper +（ETM+）
185 0.450-0.515
0.525-0.605
0.630-0.690
0.775-0.900
1.550-1.750
10.40-12.50
2.080-2.350
0.520-0.900
30
30
30
30
30
60
30
15
Terra USA Multi-angle
Imaging Spectro-
Radiometer（MISR）
360 0.425-0.467 275 0 0.543-0.572 0.661-0.683 0.847-0.886 0.425-0.467 275（band 3）
1000（other bands）
±26.1 0.543-0.572 ±45.6 0.661-0.683 ±60.0 0.847-0.886 ±70.5 Terra/Aqua USA Moderate-resolution
Imaging Spectro-radiometer
（MODIS）
2330 0.4-14.4
（36 bands）
250（bands 1-2）
500（bands 3-7）
1000（bands 8-36）
CartoSat-1 India Panchromatic Forward-pointing Camera（PAN-F） 29 0.50-0.85 2.5 26 Panchromatic Aft-pointing Camera（PAN-A） 26 －5
Table 2. Overview of lidar used in forest biomass estimation by foreign satellites
View tableTable 2. Overview of lidar used in forest biomass estimation by foreign satellites
Satellite ICESat ICESat-2 ISS Country USA USA USA Launch date 2003.01 2018.09 2018.12 Instrument GLAS ATLAS GEDI Number of beams 1 6 4（8 ground tracks） Footprint in diameter /m 70 17.5 25 Operating frequency /Hz 40 10000 242 Laser wavelength /nm 1064/532 532 1064 Spacing（along track）/m 170.0 0.7 60 Spacing（across track）/m 90/3200 600 Laser pulse energy /mJ 74/30 0.25-1.2 10 Laser lifetime 3.2×108 Accuracy /m 0.5 Laser pulse width /ns 5 1.5 14 Coverage 86°N-86°S 88°N-88°S 51.6°N-51.6°S
Table 3. Overview of microwave radar used in forest biomass estimation by foreign satellites
View tableTable 3. Overview of microwave radar used in forest biomass estimation by foreign satellites
Satellite ENVISAT ALOS-2 Country or space agency ESA Japan Launch date 2002.03 2014.05 Instrument Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar（ASAR） Phased-Array L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar-2
（PALSAR-2）
Band C L Center frequency /GHz 5.331 1.2 Polarization VV，HH，VH，HV VV，HH，VH，HV Spatial solution /m 30/150/950 3/6/10/100 Swath /km 5/100/400 25/50/70/350
Table 4. Overview of optical sensors used in forest biomass estimation by domestic satellites
View tableTable 4. Overview of optical sensors used in forest biomass estimation by domestic satellites
Satellite Launch date Instrument Swath /km Bandwidth /μm Spatial solution /m View angle /（°） ZY-3 2012.01 Three-line array
mapping camera
51.1 0.50-0.80 2.08 0 52.3 3.46 ±22 Multispectral camera 51.0 0.45-0.52
0.52-0.59
0.63-0.69
0.77-0.89
5.78 GF-7 2019.11 Two-line array
mapping camera
21.8 0.454-0.903 0.77 26 0.454-0.903 0.65 －5 0.451-0.520
0.522-0.591
0.632-0.690
0.773-0.892
2.59
Table 5. Overview of lidar used in forest biomass estimation by GF-7
View tableTable 5. Overview of lidar used in forest biomass estimation by GF-7
Indicator Description Country China Launch date 2019.11 Instrument Laser altimeter Number of beams 2 Footprint in diameter /m 21.2 Operating frequency /Hz 3 Laser wavelength /nm 1064 Spacing（along track）/km 2.4 Spacing（across track）/km 12 Laser pulse energy /mJ 100-180 Laser lifetime 1×108 Accuracy /m 0.3 Laser pulse width /ns 4-8 Coverage 80°N-80°S
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Haiyi Cao, Xinyi Qiu, Tao He. Review on Development of Forest Biomass Remote Sensing Satellites[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2022, 42(17): 1728001
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Category: Remote Sensing and Sensors
Received: Jun. 20, 2022
Accepted: Aug. 8, 2022
Published Online: Sep. 16, 2022
The Author Email: Cao Haiyi (haiyicao66@163.com)
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