Title :
Vegetation canopy anisotropy at 1.4 GHz
Author :
Hornbuckle, Brian K. ; England, Anthony W.
Author_Institution :
Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
The 1.4 GHz brightness of a field corn canopy can be predicted with the zero-order radiative transfer model only when the canopy is considered to be anisotropic.
Keywords :
atmospheric boundary layer; atmospheric precipitation; atmospheric radiation; atmospheric techniques; radiative transfer; vegetation mapping; 1.4 GHz; anisotropic canopy; field corn canopy; landsurface microwave brightness; microwave radiometry; vegetation canopy anisotropy; zero-order radiative transfer model; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Atmospheric modeling; Brightness temperature; Microwave radiometry; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Predictive models; Reservoirs; Soil measurements; Vegetation;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7929-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1293767
