Welcome on TropiSAR campaign web site
Tropical rainforests play a crucial role in Earth's carbon cycle by absorbing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in biomass. However, mapping these carbon stocks from space remains a huge technical challenge. An airborne campaign with SETHI the ONERA airborne SAR system, has been carried out in French Guyana, South America, in order to assess if a spaceborne radar operating at P band could be an answer. The selected forest sites are closely monitored by a team of french scientists under the CNRS and ECOFOG organisations.
SETHI, the ONERA airborne SAR system
Airborne radar image from the Tropisar campaign in French Guyana. Dark areas correspond to water bodies, for example the river in the centre of the image, and marsh areas. Green areas represent forests with different characteristics. Credits: ONERA
The Team TROPISAR-CAMPAIGN
The TROPISAR Partners
www.bordeaux-aquitaine.inra.fr
