Salt Pond Analysis Using ALOS PALSAR Case Study Sampang, Madura-Indonesia

Indonesia is a country that has a large sea area of about 96,079.15 km2. With this condition we can utilize the natural resources that are infested in the sea, such as fish, and salt. Indonesia has exceptional salt pond commodities from various areas such as Cirebon, Sampang, Indramayu Madura, and Rembang. These resources need to be monitor and inventory in proper way. The development of science and technology, there is an effective and efficient way to identify, monitoring and inventory of salt ponds using remote sensing technology. In this last period the saltwater pond infiltration is still inclined to utilize optical sensor system to monitor and infuse. The method used is visual interpretation through multipolarization composite radar image by using interpretation key. The weakness of passive sensors is affected by the presence of cloud cover. The location of salt ponds in Indonesia is mostly located on the coastal regions that is visually affected cloud cover. In addition the use of active sensor is become a challenging for this aspect. This study was conducted to analysis of hues, patterns, and textures in order to recognize the salt pond object using Alos PALSAR Image (Active Sensor). The salt pond object in multi-polarized composite HH-HH / HV composite radar images is recognizable in dark blue with regular pattern plots with characterized by brighter / clear / bright pink ridges