A multiple scattering model for c-band backscatter of wheat canopies

Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1447-1466

  Picard, G ^a   Toan, T L ^a  

^a CESBIO   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); LINEAR EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

C-BAND BACKSCATTER; GENERALIZED MINIMAL RESIDUAL ITERATIVE METHOD; MULTIPLE SCATTERING FOLDY-LAX FORMULATION; MULTIPLE SCATTERING MODEL; SPARSE MATRIX CANONICAL GRID; WHEAT CANOPY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0036926011     PISSN: 09205071     EISSN: 15693937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156939302X00093     Document Type: Article

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