Title :
Investigating the capability of C-band radar to monitor wheat characteristics
Author :
Ferrazzoli, P. ; Guerriero, L. ; Quesney, A. ; Taconet, O. ; Wigneron, J.-P.
Author_Institution :
DISP, Tor Vergata Univ., Rome, Italy
Abstract :
Multitemporal ERS signatures of wheat crops are simulated by the vegetation scattering model developed at Tor Vergata University using detailed ground data as inputs. Model simulations are compared with experimental data collected at the French Orgeval site in 1996 and 1997. The agreement between experimental and simulated data is generally successful. Model simulations can predict the monitoring capabilities of current and near future satellite radars, such as ERS, RADARSAT and ENVISAT/ASAR
Keywords :
agriculture; backscatter; geophysical techniques; image sequences; radar cross-sections; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation mapping; AD 1996; AD 1997; C-band; ERS; France; Orgeval; SAR; SHF; agriculture; backscatter; crops; geophysical measurement technique; model; monitoring capability; multitemporal method; radar remote sensing; radar scattering; radar signature; simulation; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation mapping; wheat; Crops; Electromagnetic scattering; Monitoring; Optical scattering; Predictive models; Radar scattering; Satellites; Soil; Spaceborne radar; Vegetation;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International
Conference_Location :
Hamburg
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5207-6
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1999.774419
