Planting date estimation in semi-arid environments based on Ku-band radar scatterometer data

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1288-1291

  Ringelmann, Niels ^a   Scipal, Klaus ^a   Bartalis, Zoltan ^a   Wagner, Wolfgang ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; MICROWAVES; RAIN; SCANNING; VEGETATION;

KU-BAND; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI); PLANT DATE ESTIMATION; SCATTEROMETERS; SEMI ARID REGIONS;

RADAR;

FORESTS; MICROWAVES; PLANTS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RADAR; RAIN; SCANNING;

EID: 15944396593     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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