A model-based inversion of rough soil surface parameters from radar measurements

Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 173-200

  Chen, K S ^a   Wu, T D ^a   Shi, J C ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERMITTIVITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOILS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

GEOPHYSICAL MODEL FUNCTIONS (GMF); SOIL SURFACE PARAMETERS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0035065526     PISSN: 09205071     EISSN: 15693937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156939301X01336     Document Type: Article

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