Modeling the passive microwave remote sensing of snow using dense media radiative transfer theory with NMM3D rough-surface boundary conditions

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 557-562

  Li, Zhongxin ^a   Tan, Yunhua ^a   Tsang, Leung ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

DMRT theory; NMM3D; Passive remote sensing; Rough surface; SMCG

Indexed keywords

DMRT THEORY; NMM3D; PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING; ROUGH SURFACES; SMCG;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 33644751532     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.21407     Document Type: Article

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