Leaf-shape effects in electromagnetic wave scattering from vegetation

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1989, Pages 687-697

  Karam, Mostafa A ^a   Fung, Adrian K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAF SHAPE EFFECTS; RANDOM MEDIA; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES--SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--APPROXIMATION THEORY;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0024764678     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.1989.1398241     Document Type: Article

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