Microwave Backscattering and Emission Model for Grass Canopies

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 177-186

  Lang, Roger H ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETERS; SENSORS; SOILS;

C BAND SCATTEROMETER; GRASS CANOPIES; KONZA PRAIRIE GRASSLANDS; L BAND RADIOMETER; PASSIVE SENSORS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING;

EID: 0028098366     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.285200     Document Type: Article

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