A Composite Discrete-Continuous Approach to Model the Microwave Emission of Vegetation

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 201-211

  Wigneron, Jean Pierre ^a   Calvet, Jean Christophe ^b   Chanzy, André ^a   Grosjean, Olivier ^c   Laguerre, Laurent ^c  

^a INRA   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c CNES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; SOLAR RADIATION;

CONTINUOUS APPROACH; INVERSION PROCEDURE; MICROWAVE EMISSIONS; MICROWAVE OBSERVATIONS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; VEGETATION SCATTERING; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

VEGETATION;

EID: 0029197582     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.368208     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. T. J. Jackson and T. J. Schmugge, “Passive microwave remote sensing system for soil moisture: some supporting research,” IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, vol. 27, pp. 225–235, 1989.
2. B. J. Choudhury and J. R. Wang, “Simulated and observed 37 GHz emission over Africa,” Int. J. Remote Sens., vol. 11, pp. 1837–1868, 1990.
3. J.-P. Wigneron, Y. H. Kerr, A. Chanzy, and Y. Q. Jin, “Inversion of surface parameters from passive microwave measurements over a soybean field,” Remote Sens. Environ., vol. 46, pp. 61–72, 1993.
4. J.-P. Wigneron, Y. H. Kerr, F. Biard, and N. Bruguier, “Retrieval of soil and vegetation features from passive microwave measurements,” in Proc. 6th Int. Symp. Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing, Val d'Isere, France, 1994.
5. Y. H. Kerr and J.-P. Wigneron, “Vegetation models and observations—A review,” in Proc. ESA/NASA Int. Workshop on Passive Microwave Remote Sensing Research Related to Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Jan. 11–15, 1993, St. Lary, France.
6. T. Mo, B. J. Choudhury, T. J. Schmugge, J. R. Wang, and T. J. Jackson, “A model for microwave emission from vegetation-covered fields,” J. Geophys. Res., vol. 87, pp. 11. 229–11.237, 1982.
7. L. Tsang and J. A. Kong, “Thermal microwave emission from a three-layer random medium with three dimensional variations,” IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, vol. GE-18, pp. 212–216, 1980.
8. J. R. Wang, J. C. Shiue, S. L. Chuang, R. T. Shin, and M. Dombrowski, “Thermal microwave emission from vegetated fields: A comparison between theory and experiment,” IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, vol. GE-22, pp. 143–149, 1984.
9. P. Ferrazzoli and L. Guerriero, “Modeling microwave emission from vegetation-covered surfaces: a parametric analysis,” in Proc. ESA/NASA Int. Workshop on Passive Microwave Remote Sensing Research Related to Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Jan. 11–15, 1993, St. Lary, France.
10. M. A. Karam, A. K. Fung, R. H. Lang, and N. S. Chauhan, “A microwave scattering model for layered vegetation,” IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, vol. 30, pp. 767–784, 1992.
11. J.-P. Wigneron, J.-C. Calvet, Y. H. Kerr, A. Chanzy, and A. Lopes, “Microwave emission of vegetation: sensitivity to leaf characteristics,” IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, vol. 31, pp. 716–726, 1993.
12. M. J. McFarland, R. L. Miller, and C. M. U. Neale, “Land surface temperature derived from the SSM/I passive microwave brightness temperature,” IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, vol. 28, pp. 839–845, 1990.
13. A. A. Van de Griend and M. Owe, “Determination of microwave vegetation optical depth and single scattering albedo from large scale soil moisture and Nimbus/SMMR satellite observations,” Int. J. Remote Sensing, vol. 14, no. 10, pp. 1875–1886, 1993.
14. J.-C. Calvet, J.-P. Wigneron, E. Mougin, Y. H. Kerr, and J. L. S. Brito, “Plant water content and temperature of the Amazon forest from satellite microwave radiometry,” IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, in press, 1994.
15. L. Tsang, “Thermal emission of nonspherical particles,” Radio Science, vol. 19, pp. 966–974, 1984.
16. L. Tsang, “Polarimetric passive microwave remote sensing of random discrete scatterers and rough surfaces,” J. Electr. Waves and Applications, vol. 1, pp. 41–57, 1991.
17. F. T. Ulaby, R. K. Moore, and A. K. Fung, Microwave Remote Sensing-Active and Passive. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1986.
18. Y. Q. Jin, J. Zhang, and R. Zhao, “Numerical modelling of radiative transfer and multi-frequency measurement of thermal emission from crop canopies,” Int. J. Remote Sens., vol. 13, no. 15, pp. 2801–2812, 1992.
19. Y. Q. Jin, Electromagnetic Scattering Modelling for Quantitative Remote Sensing. Singapore: World Scientific, 1993.
20. J. R. Wang and B. J. Choudhury, “Remote sensing of soil moisture content over bare field at 1.4 GHz frequency,” J. Geophys. Res., vol. 86, pp. 5277–5282, 1981.
21. M. C. Dobson, F. T. Ulaby, M. T. Hallikainen, and M. A. El-Reyes, “Microwave dielectric behavior of wet soil–Part II: Dielectric mixing models,” IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, vol. 23, pp. 35–46, 1985.
22. C. Mätzler and A. Sume, “Microwave radiometry of leaves,” in P. Pampaloni, Ed. Microwave Radiometric Remote Sensing Applications, Utrecht, The Netherlands: VSP, 1989, pp. 133–148.
23. O. Grosjean and A. Sand, “Etalonnage du radiométre hyperfréquence PORTOS et méhode de correction des mesures,” in Proc. 6th Int. Symp. Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing, Val d'Isere, France, 1994.
24. A. Chanzy, D. Haboudane, J.-P. Wigneron, J.-C. Calvet, and O. Grosjean, “Radiométrie micro-onde sur divers types de couverts végétaux: influence de l'humidité du sol,” in Proc. 6th Int. Symp. Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing, Val d'Isere, France, 1994.
25. J.-P. Wigneron, “Modélisation de l'émission micro-onde d'un couvert végétal—Mise en relation de la mesure hyperfréquence passive avec les échanges énergétiques et hydriques d'une culture de soja,” Ph.D. dissertation, Univ. P. Sabatier, Toulouse, 1993.
26. D. R. Brunfeldt and F. T. Ulaby, “Measured microwave emission and scattering in vegetation canopies,” IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, vol. GE-22, pp. 520–524, 1984.
27. P. Pampaloni and S. Paloscia, “Microwave emission and plant water content: A comparison between field measurements and theory,” IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, vol. GE-24, pp. 900–905, 1986.
28. C. Mätzler, “Seasonal evolution of microwave radiation from an oat field,” Remote Sens. Environ., vol. 31, pp. 161–173, 1990.
29. L. Tsang, J. A. Kong, Z. Chen, K. Pak, and C. Hsu, “Theory of microwave scattering from vegetation based on the collective scattering effects of discrete scatterers,” in Proc. ESA/NASA Int. Workshop on Passive Microwave Remote Sensing Research Related to Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Jan. 11–15, 1993, St. Lary, France.
30. U. Wegmüller, “Remote sensing signature studies on agricultural fields with ground-based radiometry and scatterometry,” Inauguraldissertation der Philosophisch-naturwissenschtlichen Fakultät der Universität Bern zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde, 1990.