High-resolution vertical polarimetric imaging of pine forests

Radio Science

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 231-241

  Albinet, C ^a   Borderies, P ^a,b   Hamadi, A ^a   Dubois Fernandez, P ^a   Koleck, T ^b,c   Angelliaume, S ^a  

^a ONERA   (France)

^b CESBIO   (France)

^c CNES   (France)

Author keywords

biomass; forest electromagnetic scattering; radar polarimetry; remote sensing; SAR tomography; vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; POLARIMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TOMOGRAPHY;

BACKSCATTERED INTENSITY; BIOPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING; POLARIMETRIC IMAGING; RADAR POLARIMETRY; SAR TOMOGRAPHY (SARTOM); VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84896556257     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: 1944799X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013RS005192     Document Type: Article

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