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In this study, we developed an approach to extract a measure of surface roughness from dual-band airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) backscattering data to characterize and map various volcanic flow deposits\u2014namely, debris avalanches, lahars, lava flows, and pyroclastic density currents. We employed ASAR and Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) airborne SAR datasets, from a joint project (ASAR-ISRO), acquired in December 2019 at 2 m spatial resolution, to assess the role and importance of incorporating dual-band data, i.e., L-band and S-band, into surface roughness models. Additionally, we derived and analyzed surface roughness from a digital surface model (DSM) generated from unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS) acquisitions using Structure from Motion (SfM) photogrammetry techniques. These UAS-derived surface roughness outputs served as meter-scale calibration products to validate the radar roughness data over targeted areas. Herein, we applied our method to a region in the United States over the Mount St. Helens volcano in the Cascade Range of Washington state. Our results showed that dual-band systems can be utilized to characterize different types of volcanic deposits and range of terrain roughness. Importantly, we found that a combination of radar wavelengths (i.e., 9 and 24 cm), in tandem with high-spatial-resolution backscatter measurements, yields improved surface roughness maps, compared to single-band, satellite-based approaches at coarser resolution. The L-band (24 cm) can effectively differentiate small, medium, and large-scale structures, namely, blocks\/boulders from fine-grained lahar deposits and hummocks from debris avalanche deposits. Additionally, variation in the roughness estimates of lahar and debris avalanche deposits can be identified and quantified individually. In contrast, the S-band (9 cm) can distinguish different soil moisture conditions across variable terrain; for example, identify wet active channels. In principle, this dual-band approach can also be employed with time series of various other SAR data of higher coherence (such as satellite SAR), using different wavelengths and polarizations, encompassing a wider range of surface roughness, and ultimately enabling additional applications at other volcanoes worldwide and even beyond volcanology.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs15112791","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,27]],"date-time":"2023-05-27T16:17:33Z","timestamp":1685204253000},"page":"2791","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Characterizing and Mapping Volcanic Flow Deposits on Mount St. Helens via Dual-Band SAR Imagery"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Nikola","family":"Rogic","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA"}]},{"given":"Sylvain J.","family":"Charbonnier","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3549-9932","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Franco","family":"Garin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4271-7125","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Guy W.","family":"Dayhoff II","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA"}]},{"given":"Eric","family":"Gagliano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA"}]},{"given":"Mel","family":"Rodgers","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2168-9842","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Charles B.","family":"Connor","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA"}]},{"given":"Sameer","family":"Varma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3840-3860","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"David","family":"Shean","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1144\/SP380.14","article-title":"Remote sensing of volcanoes and volcanic processes: Integrating observation and modelling\u2014Introduction","volume":"380","author":"Pyle","year":"2013","journal-title":"Geol. 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