DocumentCode
3347671
Title
On the influence of vegetation and soil in microwave backscatter from vegetated surfaces
Author
Rijckenberg, G.J. ; van den Broek, A.C. ; Lemoine, G.G.
Author_Institution
TNO Phys. & Electron. Lab., The Hague, Netherlands
Volume
3
fYear
34881
fDate
10-14 Jul1995
Firstpage
1783
Abstract
Presents a technique for a decomposition of polarimetric data into a vegetation, a soil and a vegetation-soil component. Results are given for polarimetric L- and C-band data of winter wheat, obtained during the MAC´91 campaign at the Dutch Flevoland testsite
Keywords
S-matrix theory; backscatter; geophysical techniques; radar cross-sections; radar polarimetry; radar theory; remote sensing by radar; soil; C-band; Dutch Flevoland testsite; Holland; L-band; S-matrix; UHF radar; agriculture; decomposition; geophysical measurement technique; land surface; microwave backscatter; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; radar scattering; scattering matrix theory; soil; vegetated surface; vegetation mapping; winter wheat; Backscatter; Covariance matrix; Equations; Needles; Physics; Rough surfaces; Scattering; Soil measurements; Surface roughness; Vegetation;
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.1995.524025
Filename
524025
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