Monitoring Central European Forests Using SIR-C/X-SAR Data.

During the two SIR-C/X-SAR missions two deciduous and coniferous forests were observed in the area of Oberpfaffenhofen. First steps toretrieve bio-physical information about these forests from multifrequency and polarimetric data are presented. Starting with the description of the test sites and the collected ground truth data, the paper mainly deals with the results of attenuation measurements, model calculations (MIMICS) and SAR data analysis.