Radar remote sensing of forest at low frequencies: A two dimensional full wave approach

Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 921-949

  De Badereau, Damien ^a   Roussel, Hélèe ^a   Tabbara, Walid ^a  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; FORESTRY; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; INTERFEROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; RADAR SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

RADAR REMOTE SENSINGS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0042706753     PISSN: 09205071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156939303322503510     Document Type: Article

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