Electromagnetic Backscattering From a Layer of Vegetation: A Discrete Approach

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn GE-21, Issue 1, 1983, Pages 62-71

  Lang, Roger H ^a   Sidhu, Jagjeet S ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES - SCATTERING;

VEGETATION;

SOILS;

EID: 0020596092     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.1983.350531     Document Type: Article

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