Title :
Simulations of L-Band Backscattering from a Quasi- Periodic Corn Canopy
Author :
Utku, Cuneyt ; Lang, Roger H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., George Washington Univ., Washington, DC
fDate :
July 31 2006-Aug. 4 2006
Abstract :
Retrieval of soil moisture under corn canopies has been investigated by many researchers and is still a problem that is not fully assessed. Corn is an organized canopy. This feature produces effects not observed from natural canopies. One such effect is the dependence of sensor response on the azimuthal direction. The aim of this study is to explore these distinguishing effects by Monte-Carlo simulations.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; atmospheric boundary layer; backscatter; moisture; remote sensing; soil; vegetation; L-band backscattering simulations; Monte-Carlo simulations; corn canopies; quasi-periodic distribution; radar backscatter observations; sensor response; soil moisture; Backscatter; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Dielectrics; Electromagnetic scattering; L-band; Polarization; Radar; Soil moisture; Vegetation;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2006. IGARSS 2006. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9510-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2006.122
