• DocumentCode
    2107844
  • Title

    Comparison of Ku- and C-band backscatter time series over land

  • Author

    Scipal, K. ; Wagner, W. ; Kidd, R. ; Ringelmann, Niels

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, Vienna Univ. of Technol., Austria
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    24-28 June 2002
  • Firstpage
    1143
  • Abstract
    C- and Ku-band scatterometer backscatter time series are analysed and compared to meteorological data for two biomes, the African Steppe and the Scandinavian Boreal Forest. Observed characteristics of large scale scattering are inferred and discussed.
  • Keywords
    backscatter; geophysical techniques; radar cross-sections; remote sensing by radar; vegetation mapping; Africa; African steppe; C-band; Europe; Finland; Ku-band; Mali; SHF; Scandinavia; Scandinavian Boreal Forest; backscatter; biome; boreal forest; forest; geophysical measurement technique; land surface; large scale scattering; radar remote sensing; radar scattering; radar scatterometry; time series; vegetation mapping; Backscatter; Extraterrestrial measurements; Geophysical measurements; Land surface; Meteorology; Polarization; Radar measurements; Radar scattering; Spaceborne radar; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7536-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1025802
  • Filename
    1025802
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2107844