Backscattering Properties of Boreal Forests at the C and X-Bands

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 1041-1050

  Pulliainen, Jouni T ^a   Heiska, Kari ^a   Hyyppa, Juha ^a   Hallikainen, Martti T ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SOILS;

BACKSCATTERING PROPERTIES; BOREAL FORESTS; CANOPY TRANSMISSIVITY; SCATTEROMETER;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 0028496040     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.312892     Document Type: Article

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