Bistatic radar configuration for soil moisture retrieval: Analysis of the spatial coverage

Sensors

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 7250-7265

  Pierdicca, Nazzareno ^a   de Titta, Ludovico ^a   Pulvirenti, Luca ^a   della Pietra, Giuliano ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Antenna RF Passive Dpt   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bistatic radar; Mission analysis; Sensors configuration; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; BISTATIC MEASUREMENTS; BISTATIC RADARS; FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS; HIGHER RESOLUTION IMAGES; MISSION ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE ESTIMATION; SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVALS;

OPTICAL BISTABILITY; RADAR ANTENNAS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TRANSMITTERS;

SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 70350023375     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s90907250     Document Type: Article

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