Helicopter-borne measurements of radar backscatter from forests

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1990, Pages 1179-1191

  Hallikainen, Martti T ^a   Tares, Teemu ^a   Hyyppä, Juha ^a   Somersalo, Erkki ^a   Ahola, Pekka ^a   Toikka, Martti ^a   Pulliainen, Jouni ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING - MEASUREMENTS;

FOREST CANOPIES; FOREST REMOTE SENSING; PRINCIPAL-COMPONENT METHOD; TREE BACKSCATTERING PROPERTIES;

FORESTRY;

FOREST; HELICOPTER BORNE SCATTEROMETER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADAR BACKSCATTER; RANGE SPECTRUM;

FINLAND, HELSINKI, ESPOO;

EID: 0025570964     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431169008955087     Document Type: Article

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