On the use of passive microwaves at 37 GHz in remote sensing of vegetation

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1993, Pages 1931-1943

  Kerr, Y H ^a   Njoku, E G ^b  

^a CNES   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE; MICROWAVE POLARIZATION DIFFERENCE TEMPERATURE; PASSIVE MICROWAVE; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION; VEGETATION MAPPING;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DATA REDUCTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; HEAT RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIOMETERS;

37 GHZ MICROWAVE POLARIZATION DIFFERENCE TEMPERATURE (MPDT); ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER (AVHRR); NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA); NIMBUS 7 SCANNING MULTICHANNEL MICROWAVE RADIOMETER (SMMR); PASSIVE MICROWAVES; VEGETATION MONITORING;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0027788682     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431169308954013     Document Type: Article

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