Retrieving canopy height and density of paddy rice from Radarsat-2 images with a canopy scattering model

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 170-180

  Zhang, Yuan ^a   Liu, Xiaohui ^b   Su, Shiliang ^c   Wang, Cuizhen ^d  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy height and density; Canopy scattering model; Paddy rice; Radarsat 2

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BACKSCATTER; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CARBON CYCLE; DATA ACQUISITION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; OPTIMIZATION; PADDY FIELD; RADARSAT; RICE; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 84897438108     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2013.12.005     Document Type: Article

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