A team of scientists, which also included Carlos López-Martínez Prof. of the UPC, has drawn on SAOCOM data to measure the heights of forests in Argentina

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A team of scientists has drawn on SAOCOM data to measure the heights of forests in Argentina, marking the first time that tree canopies have been mapped using the two-satellite constellation. The research team  also included Carlos López-Martínez of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia 

This breakthrough study – published in IEEE Xplore – highlights the huge potential of SAOCOM for empowering innovative applications of L-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data.

The unique constellation is owned by Argentina's space agency (CONAE) and is part of ESA’s Third Party Missions programme. It occupies a sun-synchronous polar orbit and supplies data to support a wide range of applications – from disaster responses to Antarctic science.

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