Characterization of crop canopies and water stress related phenomena using microwave remote sensing methods: A review

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Vereecken, Harry ^a   Weihermüller, Lutz ^a   Jonard, François ^a   Montzka, Carsten ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MICROWAVE; BACKSCATTERING COEFFICIENTS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CROP CANOPY; CROP MODEL; CROP PROPERTIES; GROUND BASED; IMPROVED MODELS; INTEGRATED DATA; MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; MICROWAVE SIGNALS; MODELING APPROACH; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; PASSIVE SYSTEMS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PLANT STATUS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES; SPACE-BORNE; SPECTRAL RANGE; VEGETATION PROPERTIES; WATER STRESS;

CROPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VEGETATION;

MICROWAVE SENSORS;

AIRBORNE SENSING; BACKSCATTER; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CANOPY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER STRESS;

EID: 84862291216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2011.0138ra     Document Type: Review

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