The relations between backscattering coefficient and biomass of narrow and wide leaf crops

Author

Paloscia, Simonetta ; Macelloni, Giovanni ; Pampaloni, Paolo

Author_Institution

Ist. di Ricerca sulle Onde Elettromagnetiche, CNR, Firenze, Italy

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

6-10 Jul 1998

Firstpage

100

Abstract

This research aimed at investigating the influence of leaf shape and dimensions on the backscattering of agricultural vegetation. Experimental data, collected at C- and L-band with AIRSAR & SIR-C, ERS-1, EMISAR and JERS-1, showed that the relations between backscattering of crops and plant water content have different have trends for narrow and wide leaf crops. Theoretical simulations confirmed that the different backscattering of crops with the same biomass can be due to geometry of leaves

Keywords

agriculture; backscatter; geophysical techniques; radar cross-sections; remote sensing by radar; C-band; L-band; SHF; UHF; agricultural crops; agriculture; backscatter; backscattering coefficient; biomass; dimensions; geometry; geophysical measurement technique; leaf shape; microwave radar; narrow leaf crop; plant water content; radar remote sensing; radar scattering; vegetation mapping; wide leaf crop; Backscatter; Biomass; Crops; Electromagnetic scattering; Frequency; Geometry; L-band; Polarization; Shape; Vegetation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4403-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1998.702811

Filename

702811