Microwave scattering from mixed-species forests, Queensland, Australia

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2142-2159

  Lucas, Richard M ^a   Moghaddam, Mahta ^b   Cronin, Natasha ^c  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Queensland Dept of Nat Resources ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Forestry; Radar; Scattering; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; INTERFEROMETRY; MICROWAVES; POLARIZATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ADVANCED LAND OBSERVING SYSTEMS (ALOS); MICROWAVE SCATTERING; MIXED-SPECIES FORESTS; MULTIPARAMETER MODELS;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; INTERFEROMETRY; MICROWAVES; POLARIZATION; RADAR; SCATTERING; SIMULATION;

EID: 7044247418     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2004.834633     Document Type: Conference Paper

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