Sensitivity of modeled C- and L-band radar backscatter to ground surface parameters in loblolly pine forest

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 331-342

  Wang, Yong ^a   Day, John L ^b   Davis, Frank W ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VEGETATION;

GROUND SURFACE PARAMETERS;

REMOTE SENSING;

BACKSCATTER; FOREST FLOOR; RADAR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032311233     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(98)00074-1     Document Type: Article

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