The intercomparison of x-band SAR images from COSMO-SkyMed and TerraSAR-X satellites: Case studies

Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2928-2942

  Pettinato, Simone ^a   Santi, Emanuele ^a   Paloscia, Simonetta ^a   Pampaloni, Paolo ^a   Fontanelli, Giacomo ^a  

^a IFAC CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advanced integral equation model (AIEM); Agricultural areas; Backscattering coefficient; COSMO SkyMed; Soil moisture content; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR); TerraSAR X; X band

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; AGRICULTURAL AREAS; BACKSCATTERING COEFFICIENTS; COSMO-SKYMED; TERRASAR-X; X-BAND;

AGRICULTURE; BACKSCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; SATELLITES; SENSORS; SOIL MOISTURE;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 84880419766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs5062928     Document Type: Article

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