A low-frequency radar experiment for measuring vegetation biomass

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1988-1991

  Imhoff, Marc L ^a   Carson, Steven ^a   Johnson, Patrick ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass measurement; Forest stands; Low frequency radar; Vegetation; Vhp radar

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; RADAR MEASUREMENT; VEGETATION;

FOREST STANDS; VEGETATION BIOMASS MEASUREMENT;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0032206713     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.729374     Document Type: Article

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