Eucalypt forest structure and synthetic aperture radar backscatter: A theoretical analysis

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 28-46

  Coops, Nicholas C ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Eucalypt; Forest type; Radar

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BIOMASS; MANAGERS; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VEGETATION;

FOREST STRUCTURE;

FORESTRY;

EID: 0036169943     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-001-0137-3     Document Type: Article

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