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1 ALOS PALSAR data assimilation into INPE s Brazilian Amazon Deforestation Monitoring Program (PRODES and DETER) Phase 1 Report Silvana Amaral Dalton M. Valeriano Arango Sánchez Gildardo Arley Ferreira de Souza Arimatéa de Carvalho Ximenes K&C Meeting # 11 - Tsukuba Jan/2009

2 PRODES Assessment of yearly deforestation rate in Brazilian Amazon ( 4 Mi sq km) Taxa de Desmatamento Anual na Amazônia Legal Km2/ ano (a) (b) (b) c Ano Consolidado Estimativa

3 Near-real time deforestation and intensive degradation assesment Support for law enforcement action Public awareness of deforestation issue

4 PALSAR data are essential to monitor areas with constant cloud cover as in the northern part of the Brazilian Amazon Region. INPE - K&C database (Sept.2008) raw data Product Radiometric Resolution Spatial Resolution (m) # Images Off-nadir Processing Level Img/year FBS FBD 37.5x WB1 16 Bits WB2 18x Slant- Range Total 410

5 ALOS PALSAR data assimilation in INPE s Brazilian Amazon Deforestation Monitoring Program (PRODES and DETER) Jacareacanga Tapajós River BR-163 Road Marcelândia - MT Manissauá-Miçu River AM Novo Progresso MT PA

6 Novo Progresso ALOS PALSAR ScanSAR 2007/JUL Strip format -AUIG (~100 m) HH Inpe s Deforestation Project PRODES 2007 Novo Progresso Deforestation 2007 Deforested before 2007

7 ScanSAR 2007/JUL Novo Progresso Deforestation 2007 Deforested before 2007

8 ScanSAR 2007/JUL Novo Progresso Deforestation 2007 Deforested before Deforested areas older than one year (PRODES) presented dark patterns at L-band SAR. - Less than one year deforestation (PRODES) are detected at L-band SAR as lighter areas.

9 ScanSAR 2008/JAN Inpe s Deforestation Project DETER 2007 Aug-Dec Deforestation 2007 Deforested before 2007 Strip format -AUIG (~100 m) HH

10 ScanSAR 2008/JAN Inpe s Deforestation Project DETER 2007 Aug-Dec Deforestation 2007 Deforested before 2007 Strip format -AUIG (~100 m) HH Very recent deforestation mapped by Deter Program is discernible at L-band SAR as lighter polygons.

11 Jan Jul Forest degradation Marcelância (MT) Alos PALSAR (12.5 m) HH - FBS HH, HV - FBD HH - FBS TM/Landsat 226/68 ( ) Continued Degradation Ago Continued Degradation Recent Degradation Jan Continued Degradation Continued Degradation

12 Forest Degradation Field Work /Feb

13 Forest Degradation Field Work /Feb Besides the clear cut pattern, forest degradation is also detected with PALSAR data. (Fine resolution)

14 PALSAR data are essential to monitor areas with constant cloud cover as in the northern part of the Brazilian Amazon Region. INPE - K&C database (Sept.2008) raw data Product Radiometric Resolution Spatial Resolution (m) # Images Off-nadir Processing Level Img/year FBS FBD 37.5x WB1 16 Bits WB2 18x Slant- Range Total 410

15 Synergistic application of ALOS/PALSAR in support to PRODES and DETER projects - Phase 1 Work Tasks Evaluate the accuracy of ALOS/PALSAR to detect deforestation in the Brazilian Amazônia Apply ALOS/PALSAR data to complete the deforestation assessment on cloud covered area

16 WT1- ALOS/PALSAR to detect deforestation in the Brazilian Amazônia Operational procedure for ALOS/PALSAR images depends on image geometry FBD image number 77 ascendant orbit WB1 - ScanSar image number 406 descendent orbit Mode Orbit Angle Polarization Resolution Resolution Product Band Swath FDB Ascendente 34.3 HH/HV 16 bits 50 m WB1 Descendente 27.1 HH 16 bits 100 m Slant Range (SLT) Slant Range (SLT) 75 km 350 km

17 WT1- ALOS/PALSAR to detect deforestation in the Brazilian Amazônia Operational procedure for ALOS/PALSAR images depends on image geometry Image Processing (16 bits) Minimum Maximum Media Standard Deviation Level 1.0 image , ,76 After geocoding 39, , , ,59 ScanSar Mode original 1.0 level image After radiometric calibration and geocoding

18 WT1- ALOS/PALSAR to detect deforestation in the Brazilian Amazônia Operational procedure for ALOS/PALSAR images depends on image geometry ALOS/PALSAR ScanSar (08/30/2008) geocoded and orthorectified Amplitude image (16bits) Sigma zero image Sigma zero 8 bits

19 WT1- ALOS/PALSAR to detect deforestation in the Brazilian Amazônia Operational procedure for ALOS/PALSAR images depends on image geometry ALOS/PALSAR ScanSar (08/30/2008) geocoded and orthorectified Image format Minimum Maximum Media Amplitude image after geocoding (16 bits) Standard Deviation 875, , , ,95 Sigma Zero (16 bits) -51,16 18,5-1,48 3,27 Sigma Zero (8 bits) ,47 8,58 Amplitude image (16bits) Sigma zero image Sigma zero 8 bits

20 WT1- ALOS/PALSAR to detect deforestation in the Brazilian Amazônia Operational procedure for ALOS/PALSAR images depends on image geometry ALOS/PALSAR ScanSar (08/30/2008) geocoded and orthorectified ScanSar Mode FDB Mode ScanSar Mode FDB Mode

21 WT1- ALOS/PALSAR to detect deforestation in the Brazilian Amazônia Operational procedure for ALOS/PALSAR images depends on image geometry ALOS/PALSAR Fine Beam Double Mode image (08/01/2007) compared to NASA/Geocover RGB images

22 Synergistic application of ALOS/PALSAR in support to PRODES and DETER projects - work from Phase 1 WT1- ALOS/PALSAR to detect deforestation in the Brazilian Amazônia K&C images to detect deforestation in Brazilian Amazônia to qualify deforestation results from DETER projects results. Itaituba Route 1: 416 km Considering fieldwork sample Route 1 Novo Progresso Novo Progresso Route 2 Altamira Route 2: 342 km

23 September 2008 INPE/IBAMA Itaituba Novo Progresso Altamira

24 WT1- ALOS/PALSAR to detect deforestation in the Brazilian Amazônia Web Portal to select ALOS PALSAR K&C images, verifying scenes coverage Arley Ferreira de Souza

25 WT1- ALOS/PALSAR to detect deforestation in the Brazilian Amazônia ALOS PALSAR K&C images, WB1 August,2008 and Deforestation Polygons Deter (May-Aug/2008)

26 Synergistic application of ALOS/PALSAR in support to PRODES and DETER projects - work from Phase 1 WT1- ALOS/PALSAR to detect deforestation in the Brazilian Amazônia ALOS-PALSAR image assessment for DETER clear-cut polygons verified during the fieldwork Average Area of DETER clear-cut polygons verified during the fieldwork Deter Clear-cut ALOS detection % May June July August Total DETER polygons average area (km 2 ) Month Detected Not detected May June July August Average

27 Synergistic application of ALOS/PALSAR in support to PRODES and DETER projects - work from Phase 1 WT1- ALOS/PALSAR to detect deforestation in the Brazilian Amazônia Considering DETER- September Alos Palsar WB1 image ( ) coverage and DETER Alert Polygons for September 2008 (red vectors). DETER cloud cover September 2008

28 Synergistic application of ALOS/PALSAR in support to PRODES and DETER projects - work from Phase 1 ALOS ( ) DETER Polygons (Sept-2008) % Area (km 2 ) Detected Undetected Total Publications Imagens ALOS-PALSAR K&C no Monitoramento do Desmatamento da Amazônia por Satélite. In XIV Simpósio Brasileiro de Sensoriamento Remoto, Natal-BR (Accepted)

29 WT1- ALOS/PALSAR to detect deforestation in the Brazilian Amazônia WT2 - Apply ALOS/PALSAR data to complete the deforestation assessment on cloud covered area (incomplete) To incorporate ALOS PALSAR K&C images in the operational deforestation monitoring: Radiometric and geometric corrections; Image classification segmentation /automatic procedure to detect deforestation polygons; Methodological procedure to detect deforestation at ALOS PALSAR PRODES and DETER deforestation data to calibrate results from ALOS imagery. OBS: Areas with flat relief (as north of Mato Grosso figure) are especially suitable to radar image monitoring.

30 Thank you! INPE sincerely thanks JAXA for the very inportant support for relevant SAR application program

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