Capability of C-band backscattering coefficients from high-resolution satellite SAR sensors to assess biophysical variables in paddy rice

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 140, Issue , 2014, Pages 257-266

  Inoue, Yoshio ^a   Sakaiya, Eiji ^b   Wang, Cuizhen ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Aomori ITC Agric Res Inst   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

C band; FAPAR; LAI; Microwave; Paddy rice; Radarsat 2; SAR; Spotlight mode

Indexed keywords

C-BAND; FAPAR; LAI; PADDY RICE; RADARSAT-2; SAR; SPOTLIGHT MODE;

BACKSCATTERING; BIOMASS; BIOPHYSICS; CROPS; ECOLOGY; MICROWAVES; SENSORS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

BACKSCATTER; BIOMASS; BIOPHYSICS; GROWTH RATE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; POLARIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY; RADARSAT; RICE; SENSOR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ASIA;

EID: 84884706558     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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