Simulation analysis on the relationship between the leaf area index and polarimetric parameters of crops

International Journal of Digital Earth

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 319-337

  Zhang, Lu ^a   Guo, Huadong ^a   Li, Xinwu ^a  

^a CENTER FOR EARTH OBSERVATION AND DIGITAL EARTH   (China)

Author keywords

Digital earth; LAI; Polarimetric parameter; POLSAR simulation

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CROPS; ENTROPY; POLARIMETERS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

COHERENT SCATTERING MODELS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIGITAL EARTH; DOUBLE-BOUNCE SCATTERINGS; POLARIMETRIC PARAMETERS; POLARIMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; POLSAR SIMULATION; SIMULATION ANALYSIS;

COHERENT SCATTERING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROP PLANT; LEAF AREA INDEX; MAIZE; SCATTERING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WHEAT;

EID: 84866899961     PISSN: 17538947     EISSN: 17538955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2011.588968     Document Type: Article

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