Radar modelling of forest spatial patterns

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1769-1791

  Sun, G ^a   Ranson, K J ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR IMAGING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

FOREST SPATIAL PATTERNS; RADAR BACKSCATTER;

REMOTE SENSING;

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; RADAR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032100853     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311698215243     Document Type: Article

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