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Abstract
Wetlands play a key role in regional and global environments and are critically linked to many major issues such as climate change, water quality, hydrological and carbon cycles, and wildlife habitat and biodiversity. It is very important to measure water level changes and consequently water storage capacity changes in wetlands to enable wetland protection and reconstruction. In this study, HH polarization L-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data were used in conjunction with synchronous field measurements and investigations to investigate the potential to detect water level changes under different types of wetlands. After evaluating factors that influence interferometric coherence, the framework for measuring water level changes using interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) phase information is presented in this article. Additionally, the SAR data obtained are used to investigate InSAR-derived water level changes in Yellow River Delta wetlands. The results show that InSAR technology has great potential for application in mapping water level changes in coastal wetlands, and InSAR-derived water level changes can supply unprecedented spatial details.
Acknowledgement
This study was supported by the CAS Knowledge Innovation Programme (KZCX2-EW-320), National Natural Science Foundation of China (41001276), and National High-tech R&D Programme (2007AA12Z146 and 2011AA120403).
