Simulating L-band emission of forests in view of future satellite applications

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2700-2708

  Ferrazzoli, Paolo ^a   Guerriero, Leila ^a   Wigneron, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Emission model; Forests; Microwave radiometry; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORESTRY; MICROWAVES; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES; SOILS; VEGETATION;

EMISSION MODELS;

REMOTE SENSING;

FORESTS; MICROWAVES; PLANTS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SOIL;

EID: 0036994117     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2002.807577     Document Type: Article

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