Title :
The statistical treatment of passive microwave data
Author :
Shestopalov, Yuri K.
fDate :
9/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A statistical treatment of microwave remote sensing data of the Earth´s surface is described. The statistical characteristics of radiothermal emission from such surfaces as pure water, oil spills on water, soils, and forests are analyzed, and the relationships between the statistics of the radiothermal emission and surface parameters are discussed. As an example of the utility of the statistical approach of microwave retrieval the author suggests a method of determining the danger of fires in forests
Keywords :
fires; microwave measurement; pollution detection and control; remote sensing; soil; statistical analysis; fires; forests; microwave remote sensing; oil spills; passive microwave data; pure water; radiothermal emission; soil; statistical treatment; surface parameters; Antenna measurements; Brightness temperature; Microwave theory and techniques; Passive microwave remote sensing; Polarization; Spatial resolution; Statistical analysis; Statistics; Surface treatment; Wavelength measurement;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
