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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</journal-id>
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<journal-title>The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2194-9034</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIX-B3-2026-467-2026</article-id>
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<article-title>Global Coverage of Sentinel-1 and Spaceborne LiDAR: A Data-Driven Foundation for Forest Height Estimation</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Aghababaei</surname>
<given-names>Hossein</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Ferraioli</surname>
<given-names>Giampaolo</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Praks</surname>
<given-names>Jaan</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Tomppo</surname>
<given-names>Erkki</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Schirinzi</surname>
<given-names>Gilda</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5">
<sup>5</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>University of Twente, Hallenweg 8, 7522 NH Enschede, Netherlands</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff2">
<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Universita degli Studi di Napoli “Parthenope,” 80143 Naples, Italy</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff3">
<label>3</label>
<addr-line>Aalto University, Maarintie 8, 02150, Espoo, Finland</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff4">
<label>4</label>
<addr-line>University of Helsinki, Latokartanonkaari 7, P.O. Box 27, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff5">
<label>5</label>
<addr-line>Universita degli Studi di Napoli “Parthenope,” 80143 Naples, Italy</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>30</day>
<month>07</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>XLIX-B3-2026</volume>
<fpage>467</fpage>
<lpage>473</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Hossein Aghababaei et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<p>While polarimetric interferometric SAR techniques provide a strong theoretical framework for forest height retrieval, their application using C-band Sentinel-1 data is challenging due to repeat-pass acquisition geometry and strong temporal decorrelation. In this study, we assemble a globally distributed dataset combining Sentinel-1 interferometric observations with spaceborne LiDAR forest height measurements from the GEDI and ICESat-2 missions. More than 1800 Sentinel-1 interferometric image pairs were processed and spatially matched with LiDAR observations across tropical, temperate, and boreal forest regions. Sentinel-1 Single Look Complex data were used to derive interferometric coherence and polarimetric&amp;ndash;interferometric observables, enabling statistical analysis of their relationship with forest structural properties. The results reveal physical relationships between Sentinel-1 coherence and canopy height across multiple forest biomes, indicating that Sentinel-1 interferometric measurements, under nearzero spatial baseline conditions, retain measurable sensitivity to vegetation structure despite temporal decorrelation effects. These findings provide a conceptual basis for exploiting similar repeat-pass interferometric observations from new low-frequency SAR missions such as NISAR and upcoming ROSE-L for forest height mapping. In addition, the assembled dataset provides a global benchmark for developing and evaluating data-driven approaches for forest height estimation using Sentinel-1 observations.</p>
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