Measurement and behavior of dual-polarization vegetation optical depth and single scattering albedo at 1.4- and 5-ghz microwave frequencies

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 957-965

  Van De Griend, Adriaan A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CROPS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIOMETERS;

BIOMASS DENSITIES; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE TRANSFER PROPERTIES; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO;

MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0030197018     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.508412     Document Type: Article

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