Identificación de monocultivos de musáceas (Musa sp.) en el norte de Costa Rica mediante reescalado de imágenes radar de apertura sintética (SAR) Sentinel 1A

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) polarimetry is a remote sensing technique known for being applied to monitoring and surface and deforestation. Polarimetry aims to characteriseland surfaceby analyzing the properties of the signal that is scattered when using different combinations of polarization of the transmitting and receiving antennas, defined as polarimetric channels. The use of vertical/vertical polarization proved to be efficient for estimating the extent of deforested areas and musaceous monocrops discrimination in northern Costa Rica. To that end, Sentinel-1 images from the European Space Agency havebeen used, with a calibration/workflow process and a subsequent rescaling that allowed to draw a clear distinction between forested areas and monocrops more effectively than radar vegetation index based on cross-polarization.