Sensitivity of the radar signal to soil moisture: Variation with incidence angle, frequency, and polarization

被引:20
作者
Champion, I [1 ]
Faivre, R [1 ]
机构
[1] INRA,STN BIOMETRIE & INTELLIGENCE ARTIFICIELLE,TOULOUSE,FRANCE
来源
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING | 1997年 / 35卷 / 03期
关键词
BACKSCATTERING COEFFICIENT;
D O I
10.1109/36.582001
中图分类号
P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
学科分类号
0708 ; 070902 ;
摘要
This study focuses on the variations of the radar sensitivity to soil moisture (d sigma degrees/dm(upsilon)) with the radar configuration parameters (frequency, polarization, and angle), An analysis of variance shows that only the polarization significantly influences d sigma degrees/dm(upsilon), which is larger at cross-polarization than at like-polarized configurations.
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页码:781 / 783
页数:3
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