Relating P-band SAR intensity to biomass for tropical dense forests in hilly terrain: γ0 or t0?

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 214-223

  Villard, Ludovic ^a   Le Toan, Thuy ^a  

^a CESBIO   (France)

Author keywords

P band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) backscatter; polarimetry; scattering mechanisms; sensitivity to aboveground biomass (AGB); terrain topography; tropical dense forests

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BIOMASS; FORESTRY; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; POLARIMETERS; RADAR; TOPOGRAPHY; TROPICS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; P-BAND SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; SCATTERING MECHANISMS; TERRAIN TOPOGRAPHY; TROPICAL DENSE FORESTS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BACKSCATTER; ERROR ANALYSIS; POWER LAW; SCATTERING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIOMASS; FORESTS; POLARIMETRY; RADAR;

FRENCH GUIANA;

EID: 85027952247     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2014.2359231     Document Type: Article

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