L-band reflectivity of a furrowed soil surface

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 49, Issue 6 PART 1, 2011, Pages 1957-1966

  Völksch, Ingo ^a   Schwank, Mike ^b   Mätzler, Christian ^c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Electromagnetic scattering by periodic structures; electromagnetic scattering by rough surfaces; microwave radiometry; permittivity

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING BY PERIODIC STRUCTURES; ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING BY ROUGH SURFACES; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FRESNEL REFLECTIVITY; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; MODEL STUDY; MOIST CONDITIONS; PERIODIC SURFACES; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; SANDY SOILS; SMALL-SCALE HETEROGENEITY; SOIL SURFACES; SOIL-WATER CONTENT; TOP-SOIL LAYER;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETISM; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REFLECTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; PERMITTIVITY; POLARIZATION; REFLECTIVITY; SANDY SOIL; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURFACE; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 79957650214     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2010.2091720     Document Type: Article

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