Radar backscattering over agricultural bare soils

Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 187-209

  Rakotoarivony, Louis ^a   Taconet, Odile ^a   Vidal Madjar, D ^a   Bellemain, P ^b,c  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^b AEROSPATIALE   (France)

^c BRGM   (France)

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EID: 0001351355     PISSN: 09205071     EISSN: 15693937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156939396X00964     Document Type: Article

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