Third and fourth stokes parameters in polarimetric passive microwave remote sensing of rough surfaces over layered media

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3063-3069

  Tsang, Leung ^a   Xu, Peng ^b,c   Chen, Kun Shan ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Emissivity; Layered media; Polarimetric passive remote sensing; Rough surface

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTHAL ASYMMETRIES; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; DYADIC GREEN'S FUNCTIONS; EMISSIVITY; GEOMETRICAL CONFIGURATIONS; HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONS; LAYERED MEDIA; LAYERED MEDIAS; LAYERED MEDIUMS; MICROWAVE EMISSIONS; MULTILAYERED MEDIAS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PASSIVE MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; PERIODIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; POLARIMETRIC PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING; ROUGH SURFACE; ROUGH SURFACES; STOKES PARAMETERS; SURFACE INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MICROWAVES; POLARIMETERS; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS; THEOREM PROVING;

SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 56349128200     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.23892     Document Type: Article

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