Study of seasonal evolution of tree emission using zenith-looking microwave radiometers

Author

Vichev, B.I. ; Krasteva, E.N. ; Kosto, K.G.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electron., Bulgarian Acad. of Sci., Sofia, Bulgaria

Volume

2

fYear

34881

fDate

10-14 Jul1995

Firstpage

981

Abstract

The seasonal evolution of microwave emission of different species of deciduous and coniferous trees was studied using ground-based zenith-looking radiometers at 1.4 GHz and 9.5 GHz. The tree brightness temperature follows the annual cycle in phase with growth and loss of leaves. The X-band radiometric data are more sensitive to the changes in leaf volume and leaf water content

Keywords

UHF measurement; forestry; geophysical techniques; microwave measurement; radiometry; 1.4 GHz; 9.5 GHz; L-band; SHF; UHF radiometry; X-band; annual cycle; brightness temperature; coniferous trees; deciduous; forest forestry; geophysical measurement technique; growth; leaf loss; leaf water content; microwave emission; microwave radiometry; remote sensing; season; seasonal variation; species; tree emission; vegetation mapping; zenith-looking observation; Antenna measurements; Brightness temperature; Frequency; Land surface temperature; Microwave measurements; Microwave radiometry; Radiometers; Remote monitoring; Testing; Vegetation mapping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International

Conference_Location

Firenze

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2567-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1995.521115

Filename

521115