Retrieval of forest parameters using a fractal-based coherent scattering model and a genetic algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 37, Issue 3 I, 1999, Pages 1415-1424

  Lin, Yi Cheng ^a  

^a University of Michigan   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FRACTALS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INTERFEROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLARIMETERS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

FRACTAL-BASED COHERENT SCATTERING MODEL (FCSM); STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0032654004     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.763305     Document Type: Article

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