Polarimetric backscattering coefficients of flooded rice fields at L- and C-bands: Measurements, modeling, and data analysis

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2714-2721

  Oh, Yisok ^a   Hong, Suk Young ^b   Kim, Yunjin ^c   Hong, Jin Young ^d   Kim, Yi Hyun ^b  

^a Hong Ik University   (South Korea)

^b National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Samsung Thales Co   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Flooded rice field; Polarimetric backscattering coefficients; Radiative transfer method; Scatterometer measurements

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING COEFFICIENTS; C-BANDS; DATA ANALYSIS; DRY BIOMASS; EFFECTIVE TOOL; FLOODED RICE; FLOODED RICE FIELD; GROUND BASED; GROUND TRUTH DATA; GROWTH CYCLE; INCIDENCE ANGLES; LEAF AREA INDEX; PLANT HEIGHT; POLARIMETRIC BACKSCATTERING COEFFICIENTS; POLARIMETRIC SCATTEROMETERS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER METHOD; RADIATIVE TRANSFER THEORY; RICE FIELDS; SCATTEROMETER; SCATTEROMETER DATA; SCATTEROMETER MEASUREMENTS;

BIOMASS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

BACKSCATTERING;

BACKSCATTER; HARVESTING; LEAF AREA INDEX; POLARIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RICE; SCATTEROMETER; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 67949106463     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2009.2014053     Document Type: Article

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