Use of satellite radar bistatic measurements for crop monitoring: A simulation study on corn fields

Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 864-890

  Guerriero, Leila ^a   Pierdicca, Nazzareno ^b   Pulvirenti, Luca ^b   Ferrazzoli, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bistatic radar; Crop status; New measurement concept

Indexed keywords

BISTATIC MEASUREMENTS; BISTATIC RADAR SYSTEM; BISTATIC RADARS; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELS; GEOPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; MEASUREMENT CONCEPTS; MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; SCATTERING CO-EFFICIENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; RADAR SYSTEMS; VEGETATION;

SATELLITES;

EID: 84876961351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs5020864     Document Type: Article

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