Observations from spaceborne radar contain considerable information about vegetation
dynamics. The ability to extract this information could lead to improved soil moisture …

Rice monitoring and production estimation has special significance to China, as rice is the
staple grain and accounts for 42% of the crop production in this country. Radar remote …

This paper assesses the potential of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) in the C and L bands to
penetrate into the canopy cover of wheat, maize and grasslands. For wheat and grasslands …

An approach is evaluated for the estimation of soil moisture at high resolution using satellite
microwave and optical/infrared (IR) data. This approach can be applied to data acquired by …

The influence of the shape and dimensions of plant constituents on the backscattering of
agricultural vegetation is investigated. Multifrequency multitemporal polarimetric data …

This article describes an electromagnetic model which simulates the microwave polarimetric
backscatter of agricultural fields. The model is based on radiative transfer theory and solves …

This paper discusses the effects of vegetation on C-(4.75 GHz) and L-(1.6 GHz) band
backscattering (σo) measured throughout a growth cycle at incidence angles of 15, 35 and …

Polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data of agricultural fields have been acquired by
the Danish L-and C-band polarimetric SAR (EMISAR) in March, May, June, and July of …

This study provides a theoretical/physical framework to quantify the vegetation scattering
effects on radiometric microwave measurements of soil moisture. The model development …

Theory is presented to provide insight into the observation that attenuation through
vegetation is proportional to vegetation water content. In this analysis, the canopy is …