The impact of forest heterogeneity on the height retrieval using X-band interferometry

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 2042-2045

  Izzawati, ^a   Woodhouse, Iain H ^a   Wallington, Edward D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forestry; Phase coherence; SAR interferometry; Tree height retrieval

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; FORESTRY; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; RADAR; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

PHASE COHERENCE; SAR; TREE HEIGHT RETRIEVAL;

INTERFEROMETRY;

ATTENUATION; FORESTRY; INTERFEROMETRY; POLARIMETRY; POLARIZATION; RADAR; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 15944426171     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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