Evaluating Roughness Models of Radar Backscatter

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn GE-25, Issue 6, 1987, Pages 709-713

  Engman, Edwin T ^a   Wang, James R ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

correlation length; geometric optics; physical optics; small perturbation model; space shuttle; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

RADAR IMAGING; SOILS - REMOTE SENSING; SPACE SHUTTLES;

RADAR SCATTERING; RADAR TERRAIN FACTORS; SHUTTLE IMAGING RADAR;

RADAR;

EID: 84920329569     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.1987.289740     Document Type: Article

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