The coregistration, calibration, and interpretation of multiseason JERS-1 SAR data over South America

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 389-403

  Siqueira, Paul ^a   Chapman, Bruce ^a   McGarragh, Greg ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

JERS 1 SAR; Large Scale Biosphere Atmosphere; South America

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATA REDUCTION; ECOSYSTEMS; MAPPING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

LAND COVER;

REMOTE SENSING;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CALIBRATION; JERS-1; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0442314430     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2002.12.002     Document Type: Article

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