Analysis of the backscattering coefficient of salt-affected soils using modeling and RADARSAT-1 SAR data

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 332-341

  Aly, Ziad ^a   Bonn, Ferdinand J ^a   Magagi, Ramata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Backscattering models; Dielectric constant; RADARSAT 1 synthetic aperture radar (SAR); Salt affected soils; Wet soil

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERMITTIVITY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

BACKSCATTERING MODELS; RADARSAT-1 SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR); SALT AFFECTED SOILS; WET SOILS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 33846566307     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2006.887163     Document Type: Article

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