Analysis of insar sensitivity to forest structure based on radar scattering model

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 84, Issue , 2008, Pages 149-171

  Liu, D W ^a,d   Du, Y ^a   Sun, G Q ^b   Yan, W Z ^a   Wu, B I ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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

^d INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; COHERENT SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; FORESTRY; INTERFEROMETRY; RADAR; RADAR IMAGING;

BACKSCATTERING COEFFICIENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING; FOREST SPATIAL STRUCTURE; MIXED-SPECIES FORESTS; RADAR BACKSCATTERING; RADAR SCATTERING MODEL; SCATTERING PHASE CENTER; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FORESTRY; INTERFEROMETRY; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; RADAR; RADIO; SATELLITES; SCATTERING;

EID: 52949152787     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER08071802     Document Type: Article

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