Sensitivity analysis on the relationship between vegetation growth and multi-polarized radar data

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7472, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Capodici, F ^a   La Loggia, G ^a   D'Urso, G ^b   Maltese, A ^a   Ciraolo, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Polarimetric radar data; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

CROPS; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; HYDROLOGY; POLARIMETERS; RADAR IMAGING; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TESTING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VEGETATION;

GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTERS; IRRIGATION SCHEDULING; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; POLARIMETRIC RADARS; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; SEMI-EMPIRICAL MODELING; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 70449424182     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.830304     Document Type: Conference Paper

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