Validation of backscatter models for level and deformed sea-ice in ERS-1 SAR images

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 1995, Pages 3245-3266

  CarlstrOm A ^a   Ulander, L M ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER MODEL; ICE SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SAR IMAGERY; SEA ICE;

BACKSCATTERING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SATELLITES; SEA ICE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

BACKSCATTER MODELS; DATA INVERSION; DEFORMED SEA-ICE;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 0029416095     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431169508954629     Document Type: Article

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