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| Title: | Coherent Effects in Microwave Backscattering Models for Forest Canopies |
| Authors: | Saatchi, Sasan
McDonald, Kyle |
| Issue Date: | 1995 |
| Citation: | IEEE/TGARS 1995 |
| Abstract: | In modeling forest canopies, several scattering mechanisms are taken into account: 1) volume scattering, 2) surface-volume interaction, and 3) surface scattering from forest floor. Depending on the structural and dielectric characteristics of forest canopies, the relative contribution of each mechanism in the total backscatter signal of an imaging radar can vary. In this paper, two commonly used first order discrete scattering models, Distorted Born Approximation (DBA) and Radiative Transfer (RT) are used to simulate the backscattered power received by polarimetric radars at P-, L-, and C-bands over coniferous and deciduous forests. The difference between the two models resides on the coherent effect in the surface-volume interaction terms. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2014/30316 |
| Appears in Collections: | JPL TRS 1992+
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