Radar altimetry backscattering signatures at Ka, Ku, C, and S bands over West Africa

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 83-84, Issue , 2015, Pages 96-110

  Frappart, F ^a,b   Fatras, C ^a,c   Mougin, E ^a   Marieu, V ^d   Diepkile A T ^e   Blarel, F ^b   Borderies, P ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c ONERA   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^e and Technologies of Bamako   (Mali)

Author keywords

Backscattering; Radar altimetry; Surface properties; West Africa

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; RADAR; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BACKSCATTERING COEFFICIENTS; BIOCLIMATIC GRADIENTS; COMPREHENSIVE COMPARISONS; PRESENCE OF WATER; RADAR ALTIMETRY; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL EVERGREEN FORESTS; WEST AFRICA;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

BACKSCATTER; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; LAND COVER; RADAR ALTIMETRY; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84929648822     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2015.05.001     Document Type: Article

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