Radarsat backscattering from an agricultural scene

Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 823-830

  Formaggio, Antonio Roberto ^a   Epiphanio, José Carlos Neves ^a   Dos Santos Simões, Maurício ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Farmland; Land use; Radar; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035627913     PISSN: 0100204X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-204X2001000500013     Document Type: Article

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