A phase signature for detecting wet subsurface structures using polarimetric L-band SAR

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1683-1694

  Lasne, Yannick ^a   Paillou, Philippe ^a   August Bernex, Thomas ^b   Ruffié, Gilles ^c   Grandjean, Gilles ^d  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^d Lab de Phys Chimie de la Matiere   (France)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Integral equation method (IEM); L band; Moisture; Phase; Polarimetry; Subsurface; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MAPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PERMITTIVITY; POLARIMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SOILS; TOPOLOGY;

FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FTDT); INTEGRAL EQUATION METHOD (IEM); L-BAND; SUBSURFACE;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 4344641470     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2004.830645     Document Type: Article

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