Radar backscattering model for multilayer mixed-species forests

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2612-2625

  Liang, Pan ^a,b,d   Moghaddam, Mahta ^a,c,d,e,f   Pierce, Leland E ^a,d   Lucas, Richard M ^g  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e URSI Commission B   (France)

^f Electromagnetics Academy

^g ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forest scattering; Multispecies vegetation; Radiative transfer; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) backscattering

Indexed keywords

FOREST SCATTERING; MULTISPECIES VEGETATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR) BACKSCATTERING;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; FORESTRY; POLARIMETERS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; MICROWAVES; MODELS; POLARIMETRY; RADAR; SCATTERING; SIMULATION;

EID: 27844515068     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2005.847909     Document Type: Conference Paper

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