Relationship Between and Measurement of Differential Scattering Coefficient (σ0) and Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF)

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 660-665

  Tomiyasu, Kiyo ^a  

^a GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT -- SCATTERING; MICROWAVES -- SCATTERING; REMOTE SENSING;

ARTIFICIAL SCATTERING SURFACE; BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; DIFFERENTIAL SCATTERING COEFFICIENT;

RADAR;

EID: 0024072964     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.7692     Document Type: Article

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