Radiometric slope correction for forest biomass estimation from SAR data in the Western Sayani Mountains, Siberia

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 79, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 279-287

  Sun, G ^a   Ranson, K J ^b   Kharuk, V I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SUKACHEV INSTITUTE OF FOREST   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Backscatter model; Forest biomass; SAR; Terrain effect

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BIOMASS; DATA REDUCTION; FORESTRY; POLARIZATION; RADIOMETRY;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL;

REMOTE SENSING;

BIOMASS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FOREST; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SLOPE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0036148790     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(01)00279-6     Document Type: Article

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