An agroecological modeling approach to explain ERS SAR radar backscatter of agricultural crops

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-146

  Bouman, B A M ^a   Van Kraalingen, D W G ^a   Stol, W ^a   Van Leeuwen, H J C ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SYNOPTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BACKSCATTERING; CROPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AGROECOLOGY; INTEGRATED CROP GROWTH; RADAR BACKSCATTER; WATER BALANCE;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

AGROECOLOGY; BACKSCATTER; MODELING; RADAR;

EID: 0033080041     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(98)00079-0     Document Type: Article

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