The sensitivity of multi-frequency (X, C and L-band) radar backscatter signatures to bio-physical variables (LAI) over corn and soybean fields

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives

Volumn 38, Issue , 2010, Pages 317-321

  Jiao, Xianfeng ^a   McNairn, Heather ^a   Shang, Jiali ^a   Liu, Jiangui ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Analysis; Crop; Multifrequency; SAR

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BACKSCATTERING; CLOUD COMPUTING; CROPS; FREQUENCY BANDS; MOISTURE; POLARIZATION; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE;

ANALYSIS; BACKSCATTER COEFFICIENTS; BIO-PHYSICAL VARIABLES; MULTI FREQUENCY; SAR; STATISTICAL CORRELATION; SURFACE SOIL MOISTURE; VOLUMETRIC SOIL MOISTURES;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 84922673199     PISSN: 16821750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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