DocumentCode
1018831
Title
The Radar Backscatter from Selected Agricultural Crops
Author
de Loor, G.P. ; Jurriëns, A.A. ; Gravesteijn, H.
Author_Institution
Physics Laboratory TNO, The Hague, The Netherlands
Volume
12
Issue
2
fYear
1974
fDate
4/1/1974 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
70
Lastpage
77
Abstract
To study the possible use of the radar backscatter coefficient for purposes of vegetation inventory a series of measurements was undertaken on radar ground returns. Single vegetation species were studied. Use was made of stable platforms (television towers) with the radar at an altitude of 75 m above the terrain. The influence of weather and season was investigated. It was shown that a single vegetation type behaves as a Rayleigh scatterer. The radar backscatter coefficient as a function of frequency and polarization proves to be the only usable classifier to classify vegetations with the aid of radar.
Keywords
Backscatter; Crops; Frequency; Polarization; Poles and towers; Radar measurements; Radar scattering; Rayleigh scattering; TV; Vegetation mapping;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Geoscience Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9413
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TGE.1974.294337
Filename
4071673
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