A microwave polarimetric scattering model for forest canopies based on vector radiative transfer theory

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 16-30

  Karam, Mostafa A ^a   Amar, Faouzi ^b   Fung, Adrian K ^b   Mougin, Eric ^c   Lopes, Armand ^c   Le Vine, David M ^d   Beaudoin, André ^c  

^a AEROJET ROCKETDYNE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c IRAP   (France)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST CANOPY; SCATTERING MODEL;

BIOMASS; CANOPY; FOREST; FRANCE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MODEL; NEEDLE; PLANT LEAF;

EID: 0028984717     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-4257(95)00048-6     Document Type: Article

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