Performance simulation of spaceborne P-band SAR for global biomass retrieval

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 503-506

  Hallberg, B ^a   Smith, G ^a   Olofsson, A ^a   Ulander, L M H ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Component Biomass retrieval; P band; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLARIMETERS;

BIOMASS RETRIEVAL; P-BAND SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR); PHASE SCINTILLATIONS; SPACEBORNE SYSTEMS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

BIOMASS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLARIMETRY; PROPAGATION; RADAR; SIMULATION;

EID: 15944426394     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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