Characterization of Maritime Pine Forests with Combination of Simulated P-Band SAR Data and Hyperspectral Data

Table 1

Biophysical parameters for the simulations.

Biophysical parameters	Simulations
Age of the forest (yr)	6	16	26	36	46	56
Total biomass (ton/ha)	14	50	88	114	128	133
LAI (m²/m²)	5.4	5.1	4.4	3.3	2.9	2.5
Leaves m.c. (%)	39	49	60	71	81	92
Branches m.c. (%)	40	46	52	58	64	70
Volume m.c. index	1	2	3	4	5	6
Soil m.c. (%)	0	18	24	29	34	39

Age of the forest, total biomass, and LAI are dependent to each other. Leaves m.c. and branches m.c. are also dependent on each other. On the opposite, soil m.c. is independent of the other parameters.