Alos l-band sar parameterization analysis for hevea brasiliensis aboveground biomass estimation and modelling / Rosnaini Che Hasan

Che Hasan, Rosnaini (2020) Alos l-band sar parameterization analysis for hevea brasiliensis aboveground biomass estimation and modelling / Rosnaini Che Hasan. PhD thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA.

Abstract

Biomass is an important element in monitoring and management of climate change mitigation. There have many methods to estimate aboveground biomass of vegetation including destructive sampling and remote sensing methods. Destructive sampling is believed to obtain an accurate result of aboveground biomass but it suits for small area, tedious work, more cost and man power needed. Thus, microwave remote sensing is a remote sensing technology that penetrate the radar signal to earth surface and record the total amount of energy to the sensor and this technology has a potential to estimate aboveground biomass (AGB) and carbon stock of rubber tree plantations. The limitation of optical data has led the researcher to investigate the L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) of Horizontal-Horizontal (HH) and Horizontal- Vertical (HV) polarization with AGB of rubber trees. This study was carried out to estimate the total amount of AGB of rubber tree plantations by using ALOS-2 PALSAR remotely sensed data in two rubber estates own by RRIM that are Permatang and Pelepah estates. A total of 80 sampling plots have been established in these rubber estates. The area of both Permatang and Pelepah estates is around 132.8 ha. Backcatter coefficient value was determined using Normalized Radar Cross Section (NRCS) equation and was correlated with field data sampling. The result demonstrated that the backscatter saturate at around AGB of 10 Mg ha-1. Kernel size of 5x5 indicated as an ideal size for filtering process for both HH and HV polarizations images. Brown’s equation represent the most reliable allometric equation for estimating AGB of rubber trees in the study area. By using linear exponential regression (Model 1), AGB can be estimated as AGB (Mg ha-1) =278.6*exp(0.073512 *HV5x5) with RMSE of ±92.90 and accuracy at 74.53%. AGB also can be estimated by using multivariate regression (Model 2), which can expressed as AGB (Mg ha-1) = 160.8+5.52 HH5x5 + 1.10 HV5x5 with RMSE of ±90.46 and accuracy at 73.39%. The study provided new information about the AGB of rubber trees that is important for the rubber plantation industry in Malaysia. This research can also contribute to the effective monitoring and management in the future.

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Item Type: Thesis (PhD)
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Che Hasan, Rosnaini
2011583079
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Abd Latif, Zulkiflee (Prof. Sr. Dr.)
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Subjects: S Agriculture > SB Plant culture
S Agriculture > SB Plant culture > Field crops
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam > Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying
Programme: Doctor of Philosophy (Built Environment)-AP990
Keywords: Analysis, Biomass, Modelling
Date: December 2020
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/53837
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