Deriving forest canopy parameters for backscatter models using the AMAP architectural plant model

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 571-583

  Castel, Thierry ^a,b   Beaudoin, André ^a,c   Floury, Nicolas ^d,e   Le Toan, Thuy ^d   Caraglio, Yves ^b   Barczi, Jean François ^b  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d CESBIO   (France)

^e EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AMAP2SAR; Architectural plant modeling (AMAP); Black Pine; Canopy; Extraction of parameters; Forest; Radiative transfer (RT) model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; FEATURE EXTRACTION; FORESTRY; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

RADIATIVE TRANSFER (RT) MODELS;

REMOTE SENSING;

FORESTRY; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0035274418     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.911115     Document Type: Article

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