Effect of salinity on the dielectric properties of geological materials: Implication for soil moisture detection by means of radar remote sensing

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1674-1688

  Lasne, Yannick ^b   Paillou, Philippe ^b   Freeman, Anthony ^a,c   Farr, Tom ^c   McDonald, Kyle C ^a,c   Ruffié, Gilles ^d   Malézieux, Jean Marie ^e   Chapman, Bruce ^c   Demontoux, François ^d  

^a IEEE

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^e Institut EGID Bordeaux 3   (France)

Author keywords

Dielectric mixing model; Evaporites; Integral equation model (IEM); Polarimetry; Radar backscattering; Salinity; Soil moisture; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; PERMITTIVITY; POLARIMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

DIELECTRIC MIXING MODELS; EVAPORITES; INTEGRAL EQUATION MODEL (IEM); RADAR BACKSCATTERING; SALINITY;

SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 44049105130     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2008.916220     Document Type: Article

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