THE EFFECTS OF TOPOGRAPHY ON MECHANISMS OF RADAR BACKSCATTER FROM CONIFEROUS FOREST AND UPLAND PASTURE

Authors
LUCKMAN AJ
Citation
Aj. Luckman, THE EFFECTS OF TOPOGRAPHY ON MECHANISMS OF RADAR BACKSCATTER FROM CONIFEROUS FOREST AND UPLAND PASTURE, IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing, 36(5), 1998, pp. 1830-1834
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic","Geochemitry & Geophysics","Remote Sensing
Journal title
IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing → ACNP
ISSN journal
01962892
Volume
36
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Part
2
Pages
1830 - 1834
Database
ISI
SICI code
0196-2892(1998)36:5<1830:TEOTOM>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Multifrequency, polarimetric airborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) d ata of a Sitka Spruce plantation and moorland area on upland terrain i n the United Kingdom are studied to quantify the effects of topography on mean backscatter and the relative importance of volume, surface, a nd double-bounce scattering mechanisms as estimated using a simple dec omposition scattering model.