ALOS PALSAR L-band polarimetric SAR data and in situ measurements for leaf area index assessment

Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 221-229

  Canisius, Francis ^a   Fernandes, Richard ^a  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED LAND OBSERVING SATELLITES; ADVANCED SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; CLOUD COVER; CLOUDY CONDITIONS; CROP GROWTH AND YIELDS; ENVISAT; FOREST PLOTS; GROWING SEASON; HEMISPHERICAL PHOTOGRAPHS; HIGH RESOLUTION; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; KEY PARAMETERS; LEAF AREA INDEX; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; OPTICAL DATA; OPTICAL SATELLITES; POLARIMETRIC DATA; POLARIMETRIC RADARS; POLARIMETRIC SAR DATA; SOIL SURFACES; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

BACKSCATTERING; CROPS; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PHOTOGRAPHY; POLARIMETERS; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; RADAR IMAGING; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; TRACKING RADAR;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ALOS; BACKSCATTER; CLOUD COVER; CROP YIELD; DATA SET; DIGITAL IMAGE; ENVISAT-1; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH MODELING; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LEAF AREA INDEX; MAIZE; PHOTOGRAPH; PHYTOMASS; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOFTWARE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURFACE; SOYBEAN; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BIOMASS; FARM CROPS; FOLIAR ANALYSIS; MONITORING; PHOTOGRAPHY; POLARIMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80054722869     PISSN: 2150704X     EISSN: 21507058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2011.559288     Document Type: Article

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