Maize Leaf Area Index retrieval from synthetic quad pol SAR time series using the water cloud model

Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 16204-16225

  Bériaux, Emilie ^a   Waldner, François ^a   Collienne, François ^a   Bogaert, Patrick ^a   Defourny, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bayesian fusion; Leaf Area Index; Model stability; SAR; Water cloud model

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COMPUTING; ERRORS; MOISTURE; POLARIZATION; RADAR IMAGING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOIL MOISTURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN FUSION; CALIBRATION METHODOLOGIES; DIFFERENTIAL SENSITIVITY; LEAF AREA INDEX; MODEL STABILITY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR) IMAGES; WATER CLOUD MODELS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 84962324230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs71215818     Document Type: Article

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