And sorry for this basic question, but I’m trying to research different SAR index, and, as far as I know, must be done with GRDH products, which only have VV and VH polarizations, but some index such RFDI or RVI needs HH and HV polarizations (according to “The Sar Handbook: Comprehensive Methodologies for Forest Monitoring and Biomass Estimation”).
With the previous expression I exported the raster…
It appeared that dry and healthy crops can easily be distinguished, but topographic shadows (in the mountains) seems to be a problem. Any comment or idea that you’d like to contribute will be welcome. Thanks!!
According to the model, the first image is a RVI without terrain flattening, the second, a RVI with terrain flattening and the third image is the Gamma db image in VV polarization.
Curiously, the best result to distinguish forested areas was with the Gamma db image in VV polarization, as can be seen in the third image.
Are you sure that the forumla in the Band Maths Expression Editor is correct?
It seems you are using data given in dB (in the logarithmic domain).
Please remember the logarithm quotient rule: The logarithm of the division of x and y is the difference of logarithm of x and logarithm of y. This means: A a division in the linear domain is a subtraction in the logarithmic domain!
I would recommend to either do the calculation again using your data converted to the linear domain or change the formula accordingly.