Vegetation

Academic Journals

W. He, J. Zhu, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, C. Gomez, H. Fu, Q. Xie. Forest Height Inversion by Combining Single-Baseline TanDEM-X InSAR Data with External DTM Data. Remote Sensing, Vol. 15, No. 23, pp. 5517-20, November 2023.
A. Villarroya-Carpio, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Multi-Annual Evaluation of Time Series of Sentinel-1 Interferometric Coherence as a Tool for Crop Monitoring. Sensors, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 1833-1833, February 2023.
Q. Dou, Q. Xie, X. Peng, K. Lai, J. Wang, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. Shang, H. Shi, H. Fu, J. Zhu. Soil moisture retrieval over crop fields based on Two-Component polarimetric decomposition: A comparison of generalized volume scattering models. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 615, pp. 128696-11, December 2022.
A. Villarroya-Carpio, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, M. E. Engdahl. Sentinel-1 interferometric coherence as a vegetation index for agriculture. Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 280, pp. 113208-113208, October 2022.
N. Li, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, H. Fu, J. Zhu, W. Han, Q. Xie, J. Hu, Y. Xie. Rice Crop Height Inversion from TanDEM-X PolInSAR Data Using the RVoG Model Combined with the Logistic Growth Equation. Remote Sensing, Vol. 14, No. 20, pp. 5109-24, October 2022.
Q. Xie, Q. Dou, X. Peng, J. Wang, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. Shang, H. Fu, J. Zhu. Crop Classification Based on the Physically Constrained General Model-Based Decomposition Using Multi-Temporal RADARSAT-2 Data. Remote Sensing, Vol. 14, No. 11, pp. 2668-21, June 2022.
N. Romero-Puig, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, M. Busquier. Evaluation of PolInSAR Observables for Crop-Type Mapping Using Bistatic TanDEM-X Data. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, Vol. 19, pp. 4508005-5, May 2022.
N. Romero-Puig, A. Marino, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Application of the Trace Coherence to HH-VV PolInSAR TanDEM-X Data for Vegetation Height Estimation. IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 60, pp. 4404210-10, January 2022.
C. Silva, A. Marino, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, I. Cameron. Multi-Temporal Polarimetric SAR Change Detection for Crop Monitoring and Crop Type Classification. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Vol. 14, pp. 12361-12374, November 2021.
H. Shi, L. Zhao, J. Yang, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. Zhao, W. Sun, L. Shi, P. Li. Soil moisture retrieval over agricultural fields from L-band multi-incidence and multitemporal PolSAR observations using polarimetric decomposition techniques. Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 261, pp. 112485-112485, August 2021.
N. Bhogapurapu, S. Dey, A. Bhattacharya, D. Mandal, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, H. McNairn, C. Lopez-Martinez, Y. S. Rao. Dual-polarimetric descriptors from Sentinel-1 GRD SAR data for crop growth assessment. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Vol. 178, pp. 20-35, August 2021.
S. Dey, U. Chaudhuri, N. R. Bhogapurapu, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, B. Barnjee, A. Bhattacharya, D. Mandal, Y. S. Rao. Synergistic Use of TanDEM-X and Landsat-8 data for Crop-type Classification and Monitoring. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Vol. 14, pp. 8744-8760, August 2021.
N. Romero-Puig, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. A Review of Crop Height Retrieval Using InSAR Strategies: Techniques and Challenges. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Vol. 14, pp. 7911-7930, July 2021.
S. Dey, N. Bhogapurapu, A. Bhattacharya, D. Mandal, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, H. McNairn, A. C. Frery. Rice Phenology Mapping Using Novel Target Characterization Parameters from Polarimetric SAR Data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 42, No. 14, pp. 5519-5543, May 2021.
Q. Xie, K. Lai, J. Wang, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. Shang, C. Liao, J. Zhu, H. Fu, X. Peng. Crop Monitoring and Classification Using Polarimetric RADARSAT-2 Time-Series Data Across Growing Season: A Case Study in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Remote Sensing, Vol. 13, No. 7, pp. 1394-1394, March 2021.
C. Gomez, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, N. Romero-Puig, J. Zhu, H. Fu, W. He, Y. Xie, Q. Xie. Canopy Height Estimation in Mediterranean Forests of Spain with TanDEM-X Data. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Vol. 14, pp. 2956-2970, February 2021.
H. Shi, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. Yang, P. Li, L. Zhao, J. Zhao. Contribution of Polarimetry and Multi-Incidence to Soil Moisture Estimation over Agricultural Fields based on Time Series of L-band SAR Data. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Vol. 14, pp. 300-313, January 2021.
Q. Xie, J. Wang, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, X. Peng, C. Liao, J. Shang, J. Zhu, H. Fu, J. D. Ballester-Berman. Crop Height Estimation of Corn from Multi-Year RADARSAT-2 Polarimetric Observables Using Machine Learning. Remote Sensing, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 392-392, January 2021.
S. Dey, A. Bhattacharya, D. Ratha, D. Mandal, H. McNairn, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, Y. S. Rao. Novel clustering schemes for full and compact polarimetric SAR data: An application for rice phenology characterization. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Vol. 169, pp. 135-151, November 2020.
N. Romero-Puig, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. D. Ballester-Berman. Estimation of RVoG Scene Parameters by Means of PolInSAR With TanDEM-X Data: Effect of the Double-Bounce Contribution. IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 58, No. 10, pp. 7283-7304, October 2020.
D. Mandal, V. Kumar, D. Ratha, S. Dey, A. Bhattacharya, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, H. McNairn, Y. S. Rao. Dual polarimetric radar vegetation index for crop growth monitoring using Sentinel-1 SAR data. Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 247, pp. 111954-111954, September 2020.
A. Mestre-Quereda, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, F. Vicente-Guijalba, A. Jacob, M. E. Engdahl. Time Series of Sentinel-1 Interferometric Coherence and Backscatter for Crop-Type Mapping. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Vol. 13, pp. 4070-4084, July 2020.
M. Busquier, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, A. Mestre-Quereda, E. Navarro, M. P. Gonzalez-Dugo, L. Mateos. Exploring TanDEM-X Interferometric Products for Crop-Type Mapping. Remote Sensing, Vol. 12, No. 11, pp. 1774-1774, June 2020.
M. Busquier, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, D. Bargiel. Added Value of Coherent Copolar Polarimetry at X-Band for Crop-Type Mapping. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, Vol. 17, No. 5, pp. 819-823, May 2020.
D. Mandal, V. Kumar, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, A. Bhattacharya, H. McNairn, Y. S. Rao. Crop biophysical parameter retrieval from Sentinel-1 SAR data with a multi-target inversion of Water Cloud Model. International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 41, No. 14, pp. 5503-5524, April 2020.
X. Guo, K. Li, Y. Shao, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, Z. Wang. Inversion of Rice Height Using Multitemporal TanDEM-X Polarimetric Interferometry SAR Data. Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis (in Chinese), Vol. 40, No. 3, pp. 878-884, March 2020.
D. Mandal, V. Kumar, D. Ratha, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, A. Bhattacharya, H. McNairn, Y. S. Rao, K. V. Ramana. Assessment of rice growth conditions in a semi-arid region of India using the Generalized Radar Vegetation Index derived from RADARSAT-2 polarimetric SAR data. Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 237, pp. 111561-111561, February 2020.
A. Jacob, F. Vicente-Guijalba, C. Lopez-Martinez, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, M. Litzinger, H. Kristen, A. Mestre-Quereda, D. Ziolkowski, M. Lavalle, C. Notarnicola, G. Suresh, O. Antropov, S. Ge, J. Praks, Y. Ban, E. Pottier, J. J. Mallorqui, J. Duro, M. Engdahl. Sentinel-1 InSAR Coherence for Land Cover Mapping: A Comparison of Multiple Feature-Based Classifiers. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Vol. 13, pp. 535-552, January 2020.
R. Valcarce-Dineiro, B. Arias-Perez, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, N. Sanchez. Multi-Temporal Dual- and Quad-Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar Data for Crop-Type Mapping. Remote Sensing, Vol. 11, No. 13, pp. 1518-1537, June 2019.
E. Erten, G. Taskin, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Selection of PolSAR Observables for Crop Biophysical Variable Estimation With Global Sensitivity Analysis. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, Vol. 16, No. 5, pp. 766-770, May 2019.
Q. Xie, J. Wang, C. Liao, J. Shang, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, H. Fu, X. Liu. On the Use of Neumann Decomposition for Crop Classification Using Multi-Temporal RADARSAT-2 Polarimetric SAR Data. Remote Sensing, Vol. 11, No. 7, pp. 776-797, March 2019.
R. Valcarce-Dineiro, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, N. Sanchez, B. Arias-Perez, J. Martinez-Fernandez. Influence of Incidence Angle in the Correlation of C-band Polarimetric Parameters with Biophysical Variables of Rain-fed Crops. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 44, No. 6, pp. 643-659, December 2018.
S. Hariharan, D. Mandal, S. Tirodkar, V. Kumar, A. Bhattacharya, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. A Novel Phenology Based Feature Subset Selection Technique Using Random Forest for Multitemporal PolSAR Crop Classification. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Vol. 11, No. 11, pp. 4244-4258, November 2018.
Q. Xie, J. Zhu, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, C. Wang, H. Fu. A Modified General Polarimetric Model-Based Decomposition Method With the Simplified Neumann Volume Scattering Model. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, Vol. 15, No. 8, pp. 1229-1233, August 2018.
Q. Xie, J. Zhu, H. Fu, C. Wang, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. D. Ballester-Berman. A Modified Dual-Baseline PolInSAR Method for Forest Height Estimation. Remote Sensing, Vol. 9, No. 8, pp. 819-835, August 2017.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, F. Vicente-Guijalba, E. Erten, M. Campos-Taberner, F. J. Garcia-Haro. Retrieval of vegetation height in rice fields using polarimetric SAR interferometry with TanDEM-X data. Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 192, pp. 30-44, April 2017.
E. Erten, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, O. Yuzugullu, I. Hajnsek. Retrieval of agricultural crop height from space: A comparison of SAR techniques. Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 187, pp. 130-144, December 2016.
L. Mascolo, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, F. Vicente-Guijalba, F. Nunziata, M. Migliaccio, G. Mazzarella. A Complete Procedure for Crop Phenology Estimation with PolSAR Data based on the Complex Wishart Classifier. IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 54, No. 11, pp. 6505-6515, November 2016.
C. G. De Bernardis, F. Vicente-Guijalba, T. Martinez-Marin, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Contribution to Real-Time Estimation of Crop Phenological States in a Dynamical Framework Based on NDVI Time Series: Data Fusion With SAR and Temperature. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Vol. 9, No. 8, pp. 3512-3523, August 2016.
C. G. De Bernardis, F. Vicente-Guijalba, T. Martinez-Marin, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Particle Filter Approach for Real-Time Estimation of Crop Phenological States Using Time Series of NDVI Images. Remote Sensing, Vol. 8, No. 7, pp. 610-628, July 2016.
F. Vicente-Guijalba, T. Martinez-Marin, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Dynamical Approach for Real-Time Monitoring of Agricultural Crops. IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 53, No. 6, pp. 3278-3293, June 2015.
L. Mascolo, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, F. Vicente-Guijalba, G. Mazzarella, F. Nunziata, M. Migliaccio. Retrieval of phenological stages of onion fields during the first year of growth by means of C-band polarimetric SAR measurements. International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 36, No. 12, pp. 3077-3096, June 2015.
J. D. Ballester-Berman, F. Vicente-Guijalba, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. A Simple RVoG Test for PolInSAR Data. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 1028-1040, March 2015.
C. G. De Bernardis, F. Vicente-Guijalba, T. Martinez-Marin, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Estimation of Key Dates and Stages in Rice Crops using Dual-Polarisation SAR Time Series and a Particle Filtering Approach. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 1008-1018, March 2015.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, F. Vicente-Guijalba, J. D. Ballester-Berman, S. R. Cloude. Influence of Incidence Angle on the Coherent Copolar Polarimetric Response of Rice at X-Band. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 249-253, February 2015.
F. Vicente-Guijalba, T. Martinez-Marin, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Crop Phenology Estimation using a Multi-temporal Model and a Kalman Filtering Strategy. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, Vol. 11, No. 6, pp. 1081-1085, June 2014.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, F. Vicente-Guijalba, J. D. Ballester-Berman, S. R. Cloude. Polarimetric Response of Rice Fields at C-Band: Analysis and Phenology Retrieval. IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 52, No. 5, pp. 2977-2993, May 2014.
J. D. Ballester-Berman, F. Vicente-Guijalba, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Polarimetric SAR model for soil moisture estimation over vineyards at C-band. Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 142, pp. 639-665, 2013. download
A. Marino, S. R. Cloude, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. A New Polarimetric Change Detector in Radar Imagery. IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 51, No. 5, pp. 2986-3000, May 2013.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, S. R. Cloude, J. D. Ballester-Berman. Rice Phenology Monitoring by Means of SAR Polarimetry at X-Band. IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 50, No. 7, pp. 2695-2709, July 2012.
J. D. Ballester-Berman, I. Garmendia-Lopez, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, V. J. Mangas-Martin. Analysis of the polarimetric response of vineyards at C-band. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 223-239, June 2012.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, I. Hajnsek, J. D. Ballester-Berman. First Demonstration of Agriculture Height Retrieval with PolInSAR Airborne Data. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 242-246, March 2012.
J. D. Ballester-Berman, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Time Series of Hybrid-Polarity Parameters over Agricultural Crops. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 139-143, January 2012.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. D. Ballester-Berman, I. Hajnsek. First Results of Rice Monitoring Practices in Spain by Means of Time Series of TerraSAR-X Dual-Pol Images. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 412-422, June 2011.
J. D. Ballester-Berman, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Combination of Direct and Double-Bounce Ground Responses in the Homogeneous Oriented Volume Over Ground Model. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 54-58, January 2011.
J. D. Ballester-Berman, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Applying the Freeman-Durden Decomposition Concept to Polarimetric SAR Interferometry. IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 466-479, January 2010.
A. Martinez-Vazquez, A. Camps, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, M. Vall.llosera, A. Monerris. Numerical Simulation of the Full-Polarimetric Emissivity of Vines and Comparison with Experimental Data. Remote Sensing, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 300-317, September 2009.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. D. Ballester-Berman. Potentials of Polarimetric SAR Interferometry for Agriculture Monitoring. Radio Science, Vol. 44, RS2010, March 2009.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. D. Ballester-Berman, Y. Marquez. Model Limitations and Parameter-Estimation Methods for Agricultural Applications of Polarimetric SAR Interferometry. IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 45, No. 11, pp. 3481-3493, November 2007.
J. D. Ballester-Berman, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Coherence Loci for a Homogeneous Volume Over a Double-Bounce Ground Return. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 317-321, April 2007.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. D. Ballester-Berman, J. Fortuny. Indoor Wide-Band Polarimetric Measurements on Maize Plants: A Study of the Differential Extinction Coefficient. IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 758-767, April 2006.
J. D. Ballester-Berman, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. Fortuny. Retrieval of Biophysical Parameters of Agricultural Crops Using Polarimetric SAR Interferometry. IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 683-694, April 2005.
L. Sagu�s, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. Fortuny, X. F�bregas, A. Broquetas, A. J. Sieber. Indoor Experiments on Polarimetric SAR Interferometry. IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 671-684, March 2000.
G. Nesti, J. Fortuny, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Polarimetric Microwave Remote Sensing Experiments at the EMSL. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Newsletter, No. 113, pp. 6-11, March 2000.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. Fortuny, S. R. Cloude, A. J. Sieber. Indoor Polarimetric Radar Measurements on Vegetation Samples at L, S, C and X~Band. Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 205-231, February 2000.
S. R. Cloude, J. Fortuny, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, A. J. Sieber. Wide-Band Polarimetric Radar Inversion Studies for Vegetation Layers. IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 37, No. 5, pp. 2430-2441, September 1999.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, H. Esteban, M. Baquero, J. Fortuny. An Electromagnetic Scattering Model for Multiple Tree Trunks Above a Tilted Rough Ground Plane. IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 659-667, March 1999.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. Fortuny. Polarimetric Studies of Different Types of Vegetation. European Microwave Signature Laboratory Newsletter, No. 13, pp. 8-9, August 1998.
H. Esteban, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. An Electromagnetic Scattering Model for a Tree Trunk above a Tilted Ground Plane. European Microwave Signature Laboratory Newsletter, No. 9, pp. 7-8, November 1996.

Book Chapters

S. Dey, L. Mascolo, A. Bhattacharya, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar Remote Sensing. Chap. 7, pp. 147-168, CRC Press, 2023.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. D. Ballester-Berman, F. Vicente-Guijalba, S. R. Cloude, H. McNairn, J. Shang, H. Skriver, T. Jagdhuber, I. Hajnsek, E. Pottier, C. Marechal, L. Hubert-Moy, S. Corgne, S. Wdowinski, R. Touzi, G. Gosselin, R. Brooks, Y. Yamaguchi, G. Singh. Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar. Principles and Application. I. Hajnsek, Y. L. Desnos (eds.), Chap. 3, pp. 119-178, Springer, 2021.

International Conferences

A. Villarroya-Carpio, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, A. Aguasca, A. Broquetas, X. Fabregas, M. Mas, S. Steele-Dunne. Sources of Temporal Decorrelation in an Agricultural Scene and Their Effect on Sub-Daily SAR Coherence Time Series. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, pp. 1465-1469, Athens, Greece, July 2024.
H. Hu, J. Zhu, H. Fu, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, C. Gomez, Y. Xie. Mapping Large-Scale Forest Height by Integrating TanDEM-X and Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data: a Case Study of Spain. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, pp. 2294-2297, Athens, Greece, July 2024.
T. Zhang, J. Zhu, H. Fu, C. Gomez, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. Wan, Y. Xie, H. Hu, D. Zeng. Forest Height Estimaton in Mountainous Terrain Using Ascending and Descending TanDEM-X Data. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, pp. 3580-3583, Athens, Greece, July 2024.
M. Herrera, C. Lopez-Martinez, O. Antropov, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Role of Temporal Decorrelation in C-Band SAR Interferometry over Boreal and Temperate Forests. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, pp. 4230-4234, Athens, Greece, July 2024.
J. Luo, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, I. Hajnsek. Analysis of the Co-Polar Complex Coherence for Crop Growth Monitoring. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, pp. 10863-10866, Athens, Greece, July 2024.
A. Villarroya-Carpio, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Evaluation of X-band Repeat-Pass Interferometric Coherence for Crop Monitoring: A New Opportunity with TerraSAR-X, TanDEM-X and PAZ. In Proceedings of the TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X Science Team Meeting, DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, October 2023. download
M. Busquier, D. Eidmann, D. Bargiel, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, M. Guntrum. Sentinel-2 Data Regression over Agricultural Crops by Means of C- and X-Band Radar Data. In Proceedings of the TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X Science Team Meeting, DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, October 2023. download
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, M. Busquier, A. W. Jacob, M. Claus, C. Lopez-Martinez, M. Herrera, L. Yam, A. Faridi, E. Makhoul, O. Antropov, M. E. Engdahl. Combination of Multi-track Sentinel-1 Multitemporal InSAR Coherence and Sentinel-2 data in Land-Cover and Vegetation Mapping: the SInCohMap Project. In 12th International Workshop on Advances in the Science and Applications of SAR Interferometry (FRINGE'2023), Leeds, U.K, September 2023. download
A. Villarroya-Carpio, M. Busquier, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, M. E. Engdahl. C- and X-band Repeat-Pass Coherence for Crop-Type Mapping and Monitoring. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pp. 425-428, Pasadena, CA, USA, July 2023.
H. Hu, H. Fu, J. Zhu, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, C. Gomez. Large-Scale Forest Height Mapping from TanDEM-X, IceSAT-2 and Landsat 8 Data Using a Machine-Learning Method. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pp. 1764-1767, Pasadena, CA, USA, July 2023.
M. Claus, A. Jacob, G. Centolanza, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. SAR2CUBE - An Open Framework for an Efficient Setup of SAR Imagery in Analysis Ready Data Cubes. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pp. 421-424, Pasadena, CA, USA, July 2023.
V. Cazcarra-Bes, M. Busquier, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, M. Duersch, S. De, C. Stringham, D. Castelleti. Assessment of Multi-Temporal Capella SAR Data for Change Detection and Crop Monitoring. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pp. 3410-3413, Pasadena, CA, USA, July 2023.
T. Zhang, H. Fu, J. Zhu, C. Gomez, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, W. He, Y. Xie. Large-Scale Forest Height Inversion over a Mediterranean Area with TanDEM-X Data. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pp. 3330-3333, Pasadena, CA, USA, July 2023.
W. Li, L. Zhao, Z. Liu, H. Shi, J. Yang, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Detection of Three Key Phenological Stages During Growth Period of Rice Using Time Series of Sentinel-1 Data. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pp. 3414-3417, Pasadena, CA, USA, July 2023.
A. Villarroya-Carpio, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, M. E. Engdahl. Evaluation of repeat-pass interferometric coherence from Sentinel-1 as a vegetation index for crop monitoring. In Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing, pp. 98-103, Valencia, Spain, September 2022.
N. Romero-Puig, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, M. Busquier. Contribution of PolInSAR Parameters of the Coherence Region to Crop Classification with Bistatic TanDEM-X Data. In Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR), Leipzig, Germany, July 2022.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, M. Busquier, A. Jacob, M. Claus, B. Ventura, C. Lopez-Martinez, L. Yam, G. Centolanza, A. Faridi, E. Makhoul, M. Engdahl. Exploring Time Series of Sentinel-1 Interferometric Coherence in Land Cover Mapping: A Step Forward. In ESA Living Planet Symposium, Bonn, Germany, May 2022. download
S. Hobbs, G. Boni, J. C. Calvet, R. Haagmans, G. Halloran, R. F. Hanssen, J. Kubanek, F. Mattia, A. Monti-Guarnieri, A. Moreira, T. Nagler, A. Parodi, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, G. Wadge, W. Wagner. Hydroterra: Exploring the science of rapid water cycle processes over land. In ESA Living Planet Symposium, Bonn, Germany, May 2022. download
N. Romero-Puig, A. Marino, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. On the Use of the Trace Coherence in PolInSAR Algorithms for the Estimation of Crop Height with Bistatic TanDEM-X Data. In Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry (POLinSAR'2021), Virtual, April 2021.
L. Mascolo, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, S. R. Cloude. Thermal Noise Removal from the C2 matrix derived from Sentinel-1 Data and Its implementation in SNAP. In Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry (POLinSAR'2021), Virtual, April 2021.
L. Mascolo, S. R. Cloude, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Polarimetric decompositions for Sentinel-1 data. In Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry (POLinSAR'2021), Virtual, April 2021.
H. Shi, J.M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. Yang. Alpha Approximation Method Extended with Multi-incidence PolSAR Observations and Polarimetric Decomposition Approach for Soil Moisture Estimation over Agricultural Areas. In Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry (POLinSAR'2021), Virtual, April 2021.
C. Gomez, N. Romero-Puig, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, A. Mestre-Quereda, J. Zhu, H. Fu, W. He, Q Xie. Initial Tests for the Generation of a Spanish National Map of Forest Height from TanDEM-X Data. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pp. 4148-4151, Virtual, September 2020.
N. Romero-Puig, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Comparing InSAR Methodologies for the Retrieval of Paddy Rice Height with TanDEM-X Data. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pp. 3420-3423, Virtual, September 2020.
C. Silva, A. Marino, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, I. Cameron. Agricultural Fields Monitoring with Multi-temporal Polarimetric SAR (MT-POLSAR) Change Detection. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pp. 4554-4557, Virtual, September 2020.
D. Mandal, N. R. Bhogapurapu, V. Kumar, S. Dey, D. Ratha, A. Bhattacharya, H. McNairn, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, Y. S. Rao. Vegetation Monitoring Using a New Dual-Pol Radar Vegetation Index: A Preliminary Study with Simulated NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR) L-Band Data. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pp. 4870-4873, Virtual, September 2020.
J.-C. Calvet, E. Black, E. Blyth, S. Hobbs, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, F. Mattia, T. Quaife, R. Quast, G. Rees, W. Wagner. Potential of G-CLASS/Hydroterra for the assessment of severe hydrological conditions. In Proceedings of the 6th Workshop on Advanced RF Sensors and Remote Sensing Instruments, ARSI'19 & 4th Ka-band Earth Observation Radar Missions Workshop, KEO'19, ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, November 2019. download
N. Romero-Puig, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. D. Ballester-Berman. Assessment of the Influence of the Double-Bounce Decorrelation on the Retrieval of Scene Model Parameters with PolInSAR TanDEM-X Data. In Proceedings of the TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X Science Team Meeting, DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, October 2019.
M. Busquier, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, N. Romero-Puig, A. Mestre-Quereda, D. Bargiel. Testing the Contribution of Coherent Co-Polar Polarimetry at X-Band for Crop-Type Mapping. In Proceedings of the TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X Science Team Meeting, DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, October 2019.
C. Gomez, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, N. Romero-Puig, A. Mestre-Quereda, P. Alejandro, J. Zhu, H. Fu, W. He. First Steps Towards a Spanish National Map of Forest Height Derived from TanDEM-X Data. In Proceedings of the TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X Science Team Meeting, DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, October 2019.
S. Dey, D. Mandal, V. Kumar, B. Banerjee, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, H. McNairn, A. Bhattacharya. Crop Phenology Classification Using a Representation Learning Network from Sentinel-1 SAR Data. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pp. 7184-7187, Yokohama, Japan, July 2019.
F. Vicente-Guijalba, A. Jacob, C. Lopez-Martinez, A. Mestre-Quereda, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, D. Ziolkowski, M. Lavalle, C. Notarnicola, K. Dabrowska, Z. Bochenek, E. Pottier, J. J. Mallorqui, J. Duro, O. Antropov, G. Suresh, M. Engdahl. Land-cover Classification using Multi-temporal Interferometric Sentinel-1 Data: Results from the SInCohMap Project. In Proceedings of the ESA Living Planet Symposium, Milan, Italy, May 2019. download
L. Stendardi, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, S. R. Karlsen, G. Niedrist, M. Zebisch, R. Gerdol, C. Notarnicola. Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 to monitor vegetation phenology in mountain regions. In Proceedings of the ESA Living Planet Symposium, Milan, Italy, May 2019. download
C. Silva, A. Marino, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, I. Cameron. Multi-temporal quad-polarimetric change matrix for agricultural fields monitoring. In Proceedings of the ESA Living Planet Symposium, Milan, Italy, May 2019. download
C. Silva, A. Marino, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, I. Cameron. Multi-Temporal Quad-Polarimetric Change Matrix for Agricultural Fields Monitoring. In Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry (POLinSAR'2019), Frascati, Italy, January 2019.
N. Romero-Puig, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. D. Ballester-Berman. Double-Bounce Contribution Effect in the Estimation of Biophysical Parameters of Vegetation Based on PolInSAR TanDEM-X Bistatic Data. In Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry (POLinSAR'2019), Frascati, Italy, January 2019.
J. D. Ballester-Berman, T. L. Ainsworth, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Towards a Physical Quantitative Assessment of Model-Based PolSAR Decompositions. In Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry (POLinSAR'2019), Frascati, Italy, January 2019.
N. Romero-Puig, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. D. Ballester-Berman. Effect of the Double-Bounce Contribution in PolInSAR-Based Height Estimates of Rice Crops Using TanDEM-X Bistatic Data. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pp. 387-390, Valencia, Spain, July 2018.
E. Erten, G. Taskin, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Global Sensitivity Analysis of Polarimetric Data to Retrieve Biophysical Parameters of Canola and Barley Crops. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pp. 3844-3847, Valencia, Spain, July 2018.
C. Silva, A. Marino, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, I. Cameron. Monitoring Agricultural Fields Using an Optimisation of the Difference of Covariance Matrices for POLSAR. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pp. 6623-6626, Valencia, Spain, July 2018.
F. Vicente-Guijalba, A. Jacob, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, C. Lopez-Martinez, J. Duro, C. Notarnicola, D. Ziolkowski, A. Mestre-Quereda, E. Pottier, J. J. Mallorqui, M. Lavalle, M. Engdahl. SInCohMap: Land-Cover and Vegetation Mapping Using Multi-Temporal Sentinel-1 Interferometric Coherence. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pp. 6635-6638, Valencia, Spain, July 2018.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, E. Erten, F. Vicente-Guijalba, A. Mestre-Quereda, N. Romero. Influence of Incidence Angle and Baseline on the Retrieval of Biophysical Papameters of Rice Fields by Means of Polarimetric SAR Interferometry with TanDEM-X Data. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pp. 926-929, Fort Worth, U.S.A, July 2017.
E. Erten, C. Rossi, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, M. F. Celik. Interferometric SAR for Characterization of Wetland Lakes as a Function of Suspending Sediment Cover and Depth. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pp. 6239-6242, Fort Worth, U.S.A, July 2017.
F. Vicente-Guijalba, J. Duro, C. Lopez-Martinez, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, C. Notarnicola, A. Jacob, R. Sonnenschein, K. Dabrowska-Zielinska, A. Hoscilo, E. Pottier, M. Lavalle, M Engdahl. Exploitation of Sentinel-1 Interferometric Coherence for Land Cover and Vegetation Mapping (SInCohMap project). In Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Advances in the Science and Applications of SAR Interferometry and Sentinel-1 InSAR (FRINGE'2017), Helsinki, Finland, June 2017.
F. Vicente-Guijalba, J. Duro, C. Lopez-Martinez, J. J. Mallorqui, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, C. Notarnicola, A. Jacob, R. Sonnenschein, K. Dabrowska-Zielinska, A. Hoscilo, E. Pottier, M. Lavalle, M. Engdahl. Assessing hypertemporal Sentinel-1 coherence maps for land cover monitoring. In Proceedings of MultiTemp 2017, Bruges, Belgium, June 2017.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, F. Vicente-Guijalba, J. D. Ballester-Berman, Q. Xie, E. Erten, M. Campos-Taberner, J. Garcia-Haro. PolInSAR-based retrieval of paddy rice height with large baseline TanDEM-X data. In Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry (POLinSAR'2017), Frascati, Italy, January 2017.
S. Kanakaki, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, I. Parcharidis, O. Sykioti. Change detection over Brazilian Amazon territory using Sentinel-1 dual-pol SAR data. In Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry (POLinSAR'2017), Frascati, Italy, January 2017.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, F. Vicente-Guijalba, Q. Xie, E. Erten, M. Campos-Taberner, J. Garcia-Haro. Evaluation of the retrieval of paddy rice height by means of polarimetric SAR interferometry with TanDEM-X data. In Proceedings of the TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X Science Team Meeting, DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, October 2016.
F. Vicente-Guijalba, C. G. De Bernardis, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, T. Martinez-Marin, E. Erten, M. Campos-Taberner, J. Garcia-Haro. Evaluation of the retrieval of paddy rice phenology by means of a dynamical approach with TerraSAR-X data. In Proceedings of the TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X Science Team Meeting, DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, October 2016.
E. Erten, O. Yuzugullu, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, I. Hajnsek. SAR Algorithms for Crop Height Estimation: The Paddy-Rice Case Study. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pp. 7117-7120, Beijing, China, July 2016.
N. Sanchez, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, B. Arias-Perez, R. Valcarce-Dineiro, J. Martinez-Fernandez, J. M. Clavo-Heras, A. Camps, A. Gonzalez-Zamora, F. Vicente-Guijalba. New Microwave-based Missions Applications for Raifed Crops Characterization. In Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci, XLI-B1, pp. 101-107, Prague, Czech Republic, July 2016.
Q. Xie, J. D. Ballester-Berman, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. Zhu, C. Wang. Quantitative Analysis of The General Polarimetric Model-based Decomposition Technique by Using Monte Carlo Simulations. In Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR), pp. 239-242, Hamburg, Germany, June 2016. download
I. Hajnsek, Y.-L. Desnos, J. D. Ballester-Berman, S. R. Cloude, T. Jagdhuber, E. Koeniguer, C. Lopez-Martinez, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, A. Marino, M. Migliaccio, A. Minchella, F. Nunziata, K. P. Papathanassiou, M. Pardini, G. Parrella, E. Pottier, N. Trouve. PolSAR-Ap: Exploitation of Fully Polarimetric SAR Data for Application Demonstration. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pp. 1559-1561, Milano, Italy, July 2015.
L. Mascolo, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, G. D'Urso, F. Nunziata, M. Migliaccio, G. Mazzarella. C-band polarimetric SAR measurements for the monitoring of growth stages of corn fields in the Piana Del Sele zone. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pp. 3377-3380, Milano, Italy, July 2015.
C. G. De Bernardis, F. Vicente-Guijalba, T. Martinez-Marin, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Particle filter approach for crop phenological stage estimation using time series of NDVI images. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pp. 3385-3388, Milano, Italy, July 2015.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, F. Vicente-Guijalba, J. D. Ballester-Berman, S. R. Cloude. Retrieving rice phenology with X-band co-polar data: a multi-incidence multi-year experiment. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pp. 3977-3980, Milano, Italy, July 2015.
F. Vicente-Guijalba, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, T. Martinez-Marin. The role of polarimetry in a dynamical approach for agricultural crop monitoring. In Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry (POLinSAR'2015), Vol. SP-729, Frascati, Italy, January 2015. download
L. Mascolo, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, G. D'Urso, F. Nunziata, M. Migliaccio, G. Mazzarella. Multipolarization and Multifrequency SAR data to observe agricultural crops. In Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry (POLinSAR'2015), Vol. SP-729, Frascati, Italy, January 2015. download
L. Mascolo, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, G. D'Urso, F. Nunziata, M. Migliaccio, G. Mazzarella. On the retrieval of phenological stages of agricultural crops by means of C-band polarimetric SAR data in Barrax, Spain. In Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry (POLinSAR'2015), Vol. SP-729, Frascati, Italy, January 2015. download
J. D. Ballester-Berman, T. Jagdhuber, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, F. Vicente-Guijalba. Soil moisture estimation in vineyards by means of C-band radar measurements. In Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR), pp. 252-255, Berlin, Germany, June 2014.
J. D. Ballester-Berman, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, F. Vicente-Guijalba. Follow-up investigations on model-based PolInSAR techniques. In Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR), pp. 556-559, Berlin, Germany, June 2014.
F. Vicente-Guijalba, T. Martinez-Marin, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. A Dynamical System Approach for Agricultural Crop Phenology Tracking using PolSAR Time-Series: Cereals Case Study at C-Band. In Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR), pp. 826-829, Berlin, Germany, June 2014.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, F. Vicente-Guijalba, J. D. Ballester-Berman, S. R. Cloude. Estimating phenology of agricultural crops from space. In Proceedings of the ESA Living Planet Symposium, vol. ESA-SP 722, Edinburgh, U. K, September 2013.
F. Vicente-Guijalba, T. Martinez-Marin, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Rice phenology estimation with multitemporal TerraSAR-X data using dynamic system concepts. In Proceedings of the 5th TerraSAR-X Science Team Meeting, DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, June 2013. download
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, F. Vicente-Guijalba, J. D. Ballester-Berman. The problem of SNR in PolInSAR observations with TanDEM-X over rice fields. In Proceedings of the 4th TanDEM-X Science Team Meeting, DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, June 2013. download
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, F. Vicente, J. D. Ballester-Berman, S. R. Cloude. Polarimetric response of rice fields at C-band: analysis and applications. In Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry (POLinSAR'2013), Vol. SP-713, Frascati, Italy, January 2013. download
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. D. Ballester-Berman, V. D. Navarro-Sanchez, F. Vicente. Experimental Validation of the Interferometric Coherence Formulation in Single-Transmit Mode. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pp. 3114-3117, Munich, Germany, July 2012.
J. D. Ballester-Berman, I. Garmendia-Lopez, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, V. J. Mangas-Martin, F. Vicente. Incoherent Electromagnetic Model for Vineyards at C-Band. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pp. 5689-5692, Munich, Germany, July 2012.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. D. Ballester-Berman. On the Potential of TanDEM-X for the Retrieval of Agriculture Crop Parameters by Single-Pass POLINSAR. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pp. 2719-2720, Vancouver, Canada, July 2011.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. D. Ballester-Berman, S. R. Cloude. Monitoring and Retrieving Rice Phenology by means of Satellite SAR Polarimetry at X-Band. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pp. 2741-2744, Vancouver, Canada, July 2011.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, S. R. Cloude, J. D. Ballester-Berman. Retrieval of rice phenology by means of copolar dual-pol images provided by TerraSAR-X. In Proceedings of the 4th TerraSAR-X Science Team Meeting, DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, February 2011. download
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, S. R. Cloude, J. D. Ballester-Berman. Retrieval of Rice Phenology by Means of SAR Polarimetry at C and X Band. In Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry (POLinSAR'2011), Vol. SP-695, Frascati, Italy, January 2011. download
J. D. Ballester-Berman, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Analysis on the Potential of L-Band PolSAR Data for Crop Monitoring. In Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry (POLinSAR'2011), Vol. SP-695, Frascati, Italy, January 2011. download
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, I. Hajnsek, J. D. Ballester-Berman. First Demonstration of Agriculture Height Retrieval with POLINSAR Airborne Data. In Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry (POLinSAR'2011), Vol. SP-695, Frascati, Italy, January 2011. download
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. D. Ballester-Berman, S. Paya, V. Cazcarra, V. D. Navarro. An advanced electromagnetic model for rice fields at X-band: Development and interpretation of dual-pol TerraSAR-X images. In Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR), pp. 754-757, Aachen, Germany, June 2010.
J. D. Ballester-Berman, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Time Series of Polarimetric Indicators and their Potential Relationships with Biophysical Parameters of Agricultural Crops. In Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR), pp. 797-800, Aachen, Germany, June 2010.
J. D. Ballester-Berman, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Application of Freeman-Durden Decomposition to Polarimetric SAR Interferometry. In Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR), pp. 805-808, Aachen, Germany, June 2010.
J. D. Ballester-Berman, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, M. J. Sanjuan. Determination of Scattering Mechanisms Inside Rice Plants by means of PCT and High Resolution Radar Imaging. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Vol. 5, pp. 138-141, Cape Town, South Africa, July 2009.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. D. Ballester-Berman, I. Hajnsek. Time Series of Polarimetric and Interferometric Observations of TerraSAR-X Data over Rice Fields in Spain. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Vol. 5, pp. 409-412, Cape Town, South Africa, July 2009.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. D. Ballester-Berman, I. Hajnsek. Rice Monitoring in Spain by means of Time Series of TerraSAR-X Dual-Pol Images. In Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry (POLinSAR'2009), Vol. SP-668, Frascati, Italy, January 2009. download
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. D. Ballester-Berman, I. Hajnsek. Rice Monitoring in Spain by means of Time Series of TerraSAR-X Dual-Pol Images. In Proceedings of the 3rd TerraSAR-X Science Team Meeting, DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, November 2008. download
M. J. Sanjuan, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. D. Ballester-Berman. Microwave Scattering Profiles of a Rice Sample by means of Polarization Coherence Tomography. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Vol. 3, pp. 554-557, Boston, MA, USA, July 2008.
J. D. Ballester-Berman, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Effect of Combined Direct Ground and Double-Bounce Mechanisms on the Homogeneous Volume over Ground Model. In Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR), Vol. 3, pp. 305-308, Friedrichshafen, Germany, June 2008.
J. D. Ballester-Berman, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Polarimetric Observations for Different Crops as a Function of Time. In Proceedings of the AGRISAR and EAGLE Campaigns Final Workshop, Vol. WPP-279, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, October 2007.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. D. Ballester-Berman. Extinction Extimation by Corner Reflectors Located on Crop Fields. In Proceedings of the AGRISAR and EAGLE Campaigns Final Workshop, Vol. WPP-279, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, October 2007.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. D. Ballester-Berman. Open Issues on Agricultural Crop Monitoring By Polarimetric SAR Interferometry. In Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Retrieval of Bio- and Geophysical Parameters from SAR Data for Land Applications, Bari, Italy, September 2007.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. D. Ballester-Berman, Y. Marquez. Volume and Double-Bounce Decorrelation Effects in the OVoG Model for Single-Tx PolInSAR. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pp. 1143-1146, Barcelona, Spain, July 2007.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. D. Ballester-Berman, Y. Marquez. Complex Interferometric Coherence Loci for the RVoG and OVoG Models With a Dominant Double-bounce Scattering in a Single-transmit Acquisition Mode. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry (POLinSAR'2007), Vol. SP-644, Frascati, Italy, January 2007. download
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. D. Ballester-Berman. Complete Inversion of Agricultural Vegetation Parameters by Pol-InSAR: Multibaseline and DeltaK-radar Approaches. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Vol. 8, pp. 4036-4039, Denver, CO, USA, August 2006.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. D. Ballester-Berman. Model Assessment and Inversion Limitations of Polarimetric SAR Interferometry Applied to Crop Monitoring. In Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR), Dresden, Germany, May 2006.
J. D. Ballester-Berman, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Using the Polarimetric Frequency Correlation Function of An Oriented Volume for The Estimation of Agricultural Crops Parameters. In Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR), Dresden, Germany, May 2006.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, E. Ungría, J. D. Ballester-Berman, J. Fortuny. Advances in POLINSAR Retrieval Algorithms of Agricultural Crops. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Vol. 2, pp. 1101-1104, Seoul, Korea, July 2005.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. D. Ballester-Berman. Analysis of Numerical Approaches for a Complete Estimation of Parameters in Agricultural Crops Applications Using Polarimetric SAR Interferometry. In Proceedings of the URSI 2005 Commission F Symposium on Microwave Remote Sensing of the Earth, Oceans, Ice and Atmosphere, Ispra, Italy, April 2005.
E. Ungría, J. D. Ballester-Berman, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Quality Assessment of the Oriented Volume over Ground (OVoG) Model for POLINSAR Retrieval Algorithms Applied to Agricultural Crops. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry (POLinSAR'2005), Vol. SP-586, Frascati, Italy, January 2005.
J. D. Ballester-Berman, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. Fortuny. A POLINSAR Retrieval Algorithm Applied to Rice Crops. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry (POLinSAR'2005), Vol. SP-586, Frascati, Italy, January 2005.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. D. Ballester-Berman, J. Fortuny. Characterization of the Electromagnetic Response of Maize Crops with 1-D Polarimetric Radar Images. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Vol. 1, pp. 200-203, Anchorage, USA, September 2004.
J. D. Ballester-Berman, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. Fortuny. Retrieval of Height and Topography of Corn Fields by Polarimetric SAR Interferometry. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Vol. 2, pp. 1228-1231, Anchorage, USA, September 2004.
J. D. Ballester-Berman, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. Fortuny. Estimation of Extinction Coefficients and Its Implications in Crop Monitoring with Polarimetric SAR Interferometry. In Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR), pp. 737-740, Ulm, Germany, May 2004.
J. Fortuny, A. Martinez, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. D. Ballester-Berman. Electromagnetic model of rice crops for wide-band POLINSAR. In Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology V, Manfred Owe, Guido D'Urso, Jose F. Moreno and Alfonso Calera, Editors, Proceedings of SPIE vol. 5232, ed. 2004, Vol. 5232, pp. 635-643, Barcelona, Spain, September 2003.
J. Fortuny, A. Martinez, D. Riccio, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. D. Ballester-Berman. Experimental Validation of an Electromagnetic Model for Rice Crops Using a Wide-Band Polarimetric Radar. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Vol. 4, pp. 2866-2868, Toulouse, France, July 2003.
A. Martinez, A. Camps, M. Vall.llosera, N. Duffo, I. Ledesma, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Full Polarimetric Emissivity of Vegetation-Covered Soils: Vegetation Structural Effects. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Vol. 6, pp. 3542-3544, Toronto, Canada, July 2002.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, A. Camps, M. Vall.llosera, N. Duffo, A. Martinez. Polarimetric Emissivity of Vegetation-Covered Soils: Simulation Results. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Vol. 5, pp. 2439-2441, Sydney, Australia, July 2001.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. Fortuny, A. J. Sieber, L. Sagu�s, M. Bara, X. F�bregas, A. Broquetas. Experimental Comparison of Different Scattering Mechanism Selections for Vegetation Height Retrieval by POLINT. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Vol. 1, pp. 138-140, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, July 2000.
L. Sagu�s, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, X. F�bregas, A. Broquetas, J. Fortuny, A. J. Sieber. Crop Height Retrieval By Polarimetric Radar Interferometry: Indoor And Outdoor Results With Ground-Based Systems. In Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR), pp. 787-790, Munich, Germany, May 2000.
J. Fortuny, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, L. Sagu�s, S. R. Cloude, K. P. Papathanassiou, W. Keydel. Wide Band Polarimetric Interferometry for DEM Improvement and Retrieval of Vegetation Height. In Proceedings of the 29th European Microwave Conference, (EMC99), Vol. 3, pp. 315-318, Munich, Germany, October 1999.
J. Fortuny, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, G. Nesti, A. J. Sieber. Experimental Validation of Polarimetric Interferometry in the EMSL. In XXVI General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI), pp. 0-0, Toronto, Canada, August 1999.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, L. Sagu�s, J. Fortuny, X. F�bregas, A. Broquetas, A. J. Sieber, S. R. Cloude. Laboratory Experiments of Polarimetric Radar Interferometry: DEM Generation and Vegetation Height Estimation. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Vol. 4, pp. 2206-2208, Hamburg, Germany, June 1999.
J. Fortuny, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, G. Nesti, A. J. Sieber. Inversion of Biophysical Parameters from Natural Targets Using a Wide-Band Polarimetric System. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Retrieval of Bio- and Geo-Physical Parameters from SAR Data for Land Applications, pp. 61-64, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, October 1998.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. Fortuny, A. J. Sieber. Experimental Validation of an Entropy-Based Classification Scheme Using a Wide-Band Polarimetric Radar. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Vol. 5, pp. 2381-2383, Seattle, WA, USA, July 1998.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. Fortuny, A. J. Sieber, K. Sarabandi. Validation of the Backscattered Frequency Correlation Function for the Inversion of Biophysical Parameters from Natural Targets. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Vol. 5, pp. 2390-2392, Seattle, WA, USA, July 1998.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. Fortuny, A. J. Sieber, S. R. Cloude. Experimental Validation of an Entropy-Based Classification Scheme Using a Wide-Band Polarimetric Radar. In Proceedings of the PIERS - Workshop on Advances in Radar Methods, pp. 208-210, Baveno, Italy, July 1998.
H. Esteban, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, M. Baquero, J. Fortuny, G. Nesti, A. J. Sieber. An Electromagnetic Scattering Model for Tree Trunks Over a Tilted Rough Ground Plane. In Proceedings of the IEEE Intl. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Vol. 4, pp. 1871-1873, Singapore, August 1997.

National Conferences

J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, F. Vicente-Guijalba, N. Romero. Estimacion de la altura de arrozales mediante interferometria polarimetrica SAR en banda X. In XVII Congreso Nacional de Teledeteccion, pp. 77-80, Murcia, Spain, September 2017.
C. G. De Bernardis, F. Vicente-Guijalba, T. Martinez-Marin, J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Monitorizacion de la fenologia de cultivos de arroz en tiempo real empleando imagenes de NDVI y filtrado de particulas. In XVI Congreso Nacional de Teledeteccion, pp. 52-55, Sevilla, Spain, October 2015.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, F. Vicente-Guijalba, C. G. De Bernardis, T. Martinez-Marin. Monitorizacion de una campaña completa de cultivo de arroz mediante imagenes radar polarimetricas en banda C: resultados y aplicaciones. In XVI Congreso Nacional de Teledeteccion, pp. 555-558, Sevilla, Spain, October 2015.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, F. Vicente-Guijalba, J. D. Ballester-Berman, T. Martinez-Marin. Monitorizacion de cultivos de arroz con imagenes SAR en banda X: metodologia, resultados y perspectivas. In XV Congreso Nacional de Teledeteccion, pp. 349-352, Madrid, Spain, October 2013.
J. M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. Fortuny. Estimacion de la altura de cosechas mediante interferometria polarimetrica radar: Experimentos en laboratorio. In IX Congreso Nacional de Teledeteccion, pp. 70-73, Lleida, Spain, September 2001.

Thesis

J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. Analysis and Estimation of Biophysical Parameters of Vegetation by Radar Polarimetry. PhD Thesis Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, 2000.

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