Relationships between polarimetric sar backscatter and forest canopy and sub-canopy biophysical properties

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2395-2412

  Green, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; POLARIMETERS; RADAR IMAGING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VEGETATION;

MULTIWAVEBAND POLARIMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS;

REMOTE SENSING;

BACKSCATTER; BIOMASS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST CANOPY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 0031597007     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311698214794     Document Type: Article

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