Conference papers

2023

M. J. Soja, F.  Banda, P. Mazzucchelli, M. M. d’Alessandro, S. Quegan, N. Miranda, and K. Scipal,
Design and parameter estimation robustness of the global above-ground biomass estimation algorithm for ESA’s 7th Earth Explorer Mission BIOMASS,
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),
Pasadena, USA, 2023

2021

L. M. H. Ulander, M. M. d’Alessandro, F. Banda, D. Guidici, M. J. Soja, S. Quegan, K. P. Papathanassiou, S. Tebaldini, T. Le Toan, L. Villard, B. Rommen, and K. Scipal,
BIOMASS Level-2 Products – Part I: Rationale and Applications,
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),
Brussels, Belgium, 2021

S. Tebaldini, M. M. d’Alessandro, F. Banda, D. Giudici, L. M. H. Ulander, M. J. Soja, S. Quegan, K. P. Papathanassiou, T. Le Toan, L. Villard, B. Rommen, and K. Scipal,
BIOMASS Level-2 Products – Part II: Processing Schemes and AGB Estimation Results from Campaign Data,
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),
Brussels, Belgium, 2021

2019

F. Banda, D. Guidici, S. Quegan, K. Scipal, K. Papathanassiou, L. M. H. Ulander, L. Villard, M. J. Soja, M. Mariotti D’Alessandro, S. Tebaldini, and T. Le Toan,
BIOMASS L2 Prototype Processor: Current Status,
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),
Yokohama, Japan, 2019

H. J. Persson, M. J. Soja, J. E. S Fransson, and L. M. H. Ulander,
Using the Two-Level Model with TanDEM-X for Large-Scale Forest Mapping,
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Yokohama, Japan, 2019

Y. Miura, L. E. B. Eriksson, M. Ostwald, M. Karlson, H. R. Bazie, M. J. Soja, J. Sanou, J. Bayala, and H. Reese,
Soil Moisture Monitoring of Agricultural Fields in Burkina Faso using Dual-Polarized Sentinel-1A Data,
IEEE International Gesocience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),
Yokohama, Japan, 2019


2018

M. J. Soja, M. M.  d’Alessandro, S. Quegan, S. Tebaldini, and L. M. H. Ulander
Model-Based Estimation of Tropical Forest Biomass from Notch-Filtered P-band SAR Backscatter,
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),
Valencia, Spain, 2018
pages: 8617-8620
Soja2018_MBETF.pdf

M. M. D’Alessandro, S. Tebaldini, S. Quegan, M. J. Soja, and L. M. H. Ulander,
Interferometric Ground Notching of SAR Images for Estimating Forest Above Ground Biomass,
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),
Valencia, Spain, 2018
pages:  8797-8800
Dalessandro2018_IGNOT.pdf

M. J. Soja, S. C. Baker, G. J. Jordan, A. Lucieer, R. Musk, L. M. H. Ulander, M. L. Williams, and R. J. White
Unveiling the Complex Structure of Tasmanian Temperate Forests with Model-Based TanDEM-X Tomography,
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),
Valencia, Spain, 2018
pages: 383-386
Soja2018_UCSTT.pdf

H. J. Persson, M. J. Soja, L. M. H. Ulander, and J. E. S. Fransson,
National Forest Mapping of Stem Volume using TanDEM-X,
12th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR)
Aachen, Germany, 2018
Persson2018_NFMSV.pdf

E. Blomberg, L. Ferro-Famil, L. M. H. Ulander, M. J. Soja, and S. Tebaldini,
Evaluating Spaceborne L-band PolTomoSAR for Forest Biomass Retrieval based on Airborne SAR Data,
12th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR)
Aachen, Germany, 2018
(accepted)


2017

I. Huuva, J. E. S. Fransson, H. J. Persson, J. Wallerman, L. M. H. Ulander, E. Blomberg, and M. J. Soja,
Measurements of Forest Biomass Change using L-band SAR Backscatter
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),
Fort Worth, TX, USA, 2017
Huuva2017_MFBCL.pdf

M. J. Soja, H. J. Persson, and L. M. H. Ulander,
Mapping and Modeling of Boreal Forest Change in TanDEM-X Data with the Two-Level Model,
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),
Fort Worth, TX, USA, 2017
Soja2017_MMBFC.pdf


2016

A. R. Monteith, M. J. Soja, L. M. H. Ulander, and L. E. B. Eriksson,
BorealScat: A Tower-Based Tomographic and Polarimetric Radar Experiment in the Boreal Forest at P-, L- and C-Band,
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),
Beijing, China, 2016,
Monteith2016_BTTPR.pdf

J. E. S. Fransson, M. Santoro, M. Nilsson, H. Olsson, H. J. Persson, J. Wallerman, L. E. B. Eriksson, M. J. Soja, and L. M. H. Ulander,
Estimation of Forest Stem Volume using ALOS-2 PALSAR-2 Satellite Images,
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),
Beijing, China, 2016,
Fransson2016_EFSVA.pdf

M. J. Soja and L. M. H. Ulander,
Mapping Topography and Forest Parameters in a Boreal Forest with Dual-Baseline TanDEM-X Data and the Two-Level Model
EUSAR,
Hamburg, Germany, 2016,
Soja2016_MTFPB.pdf

L. M. H. Ulander, M. J. Soja, A. Monteith, L. E. B. Eriksson, J. E. S. Fransson, and H. J. Persson,
BorealScat: A Tower Experiment for Understanding of Temporal Changes in P- and
L-band Backscattering from a Boreal Forest
Living Planet Symposium
Prague, Czech Republic, 2016,
Ulander2016_BSTEU.pdf

E. Blomberg, M. J. Soja, L. Ferro-Famil, L. M. H. Ulander, and S. Tebaldini,
Simulated Biomass Retrieval from the Spaceborne Tomographic SAOCOM-CS Mission at L-band,
Living Planet Symposium,
Prague, Czech Republic, 2016,
Blomberg2016_SBRST.pdf


2015

M. J. Soja, H. Persson, and L. M. H. Ulander,
Detection of Forest Change and Robust Estimation of Forest Height from Two-Level Model Inversion of Multi-Temporal, Single-Pass InSAR Data,
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),
Milan, Italy, 2015,
Soja2015_DFCRE.pdf

L. M. H. Ulander, E. Blomberg, J. E. S. Fransson, A. Gustavsson, and M. J. Soja,
Mono- and Bistatic UHF-Band SAR Measurements of a Hemi-Boreal Forest,
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),
Milan, Italy, 2015,
Ulander2015_MBUBS.pdf

E. Blomberg, M. J. Soja, and L. M. H. Ulander,
Forest Biomass Retrieval from BioSAR 2010 P-band SAR Data using a Regression-Based Model,
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),
Milan, Italy, 2015,
Blomberg2015_FBRBP.pdf

H. Persson, M. J. Soja, L. M. H. Ulander, and J. E. S. Fransson,
Detection of Thinning and Clear-Cuts using TanDEM-X,
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),
Milan, Italy, 2015,
Persson2015_DTCCT.pdf

J. Wallerman, K. Nyström, J. Bohlin, H. J. Persson, M. J. Soja, and J. E. S. Fransson,
Estimating Forest Age and Site Productivity using Time Series of 3D Remote Sensing Data,
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),
Milan, Italy, 2015,
Wallerman2015_EFASP.pdf

M. J. Soja, E. Blomberg, and L. M. H. Ulander,
On the Correlation Between Biomass and the P-band, Polarimetric HH-VV Phase Difference, and Its Potential for Biomass and Tree Number Density Estimation from SAR,
ESA PolInSAR/1st BIOMASS Science Workshop,
Frascati, Italy, 2015,
Soja2015_OCBBP.pdf

E. Blomberg, M. J. Soja, and L. M. H. Ulander,
A Polarimetric Model of Topographic Effects on P-band Forest Backscatter,
ESA PolInSAR/1st BIOMASS Science Workshop,
Frascati, Italy, 2015,
Blomberg2015_APMTE.pdf


2014

M. J. Soja, H. Persson, and L. M. H. Ulander,
Estimation of Boreal Forest Biomass from Two-Level Model Inversion of Interferometric TanDEM-X Data,
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),
Quebec City, QC, Canada, 2014,
Soja2014_EBFBT.pdf

M. J. Soja and L. M. H. Ulander,
Polarimetric-Interferometric Boreal Forest Scattering Model for BIOMASS End-to-End Simulator,
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),
Quebec City, QC, Canada, 2014,
Original: Soja2014_PIBRS.pdf
Updated: Soja2014_PIBRS_new.pdf

E. Blomberg, M. J. Soja, and L. M. H. Ulander,
P-band Polarimetric Model of Vertical Tree Stems on Sloping Ground,
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),
Quebec City, QC, Canada, 2014,
Blomberg2014_PPMVT.pdf

M. J. Soja and L. M. H. Ulander,
Two-Level Forest Model Inversion of Interferometric TanDEM-X Data,
EUSAR,
Berlin, Germany, 2014,
Soja2014_TLFMI.pdf


2013

M. J. Soja and L. M. H. Ulander,
Digital Canopy Model Estimation from TanDEM-X Interferometry using High-Resolution Lidar DEM,
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),
Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 2013,
Soja2013_DCMET.pdf


2012

G. Sandberg, L. M. H. Ulander, J. E. S. Fransson, and M. J. Soja,
Measurements of Forest Change using P-band SAR Backscatter,
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),
Munich, Germany, 2012,
Sandberg2012_MFCPS.pdf

L. E. B. Eriksson, J. E. S. Fransson, M. J. Soja, and M. Santoro,
Backscatter Signatures of Wind-Thrown Forest in Satellite SAR Images,
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),
Munich, Germany, 2012,
Eriksson2012_BSWTF.pdf


2011

L. M. H. Ulander, A. Gustavsson, P. Dubois-Fernandez, X. Depuis, J. E. S. Fransson, J. Holmgren, J. Wallerman, L. E. B. Eriksson, G. Sandberg, and M. J. Soja,
BioSAR 2010 – A SAR Campaign in Support to the BIOMASS Mission,
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),
Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2011,
Ulander2011_BSCSB.pdf

G. Sandberg, M. J. Soja, and L. M. H. Ulander,
Impact and Modeling of Topographic Effects on P-band SAR Backscatter from Boreal Forests,
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),
Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2011,
Sandberg2011_IMTEP.pdf

L. M. H. Ulander, G. Sandberg, and M. J. Soja,
Biomass Retrieval Algorithm Based on P-band BioSAR Experiments of Boreal Forest,
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),
Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2011,
Ulander2011_BRABP.pdf

M. J. Soja and L. M. H. Ulander,
A Hybrid Model for Polarimetric and Interferometric P-band SAR Modelling of Forests,
ESA PolInSAR,
Frascati, Italy, 2011,
Soja2011_AHMPI.pdf


2010

J. E. S. Fransson, A. Pantze, L. E. B. Eriksson, M. J. Soja, and M. Santoro,
Mapping of Wind-Thrown Forest using Satellite SAR Images,
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),
Honolulu, HI, USA, 2010,
Fransson2010_MWTFS.pdf

M. J. Soja, G. Sandberg, and L. M. H. Ulander,
Topographic Correction for Biomass Retrieval from P-band SAR Data in Boreal Forests,
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),
Honolulu, HI, USA, 2010,
Soja2010_TCBRP.pdf