TOR VERGATA EARTH OBSERVATION LABORATORY RESEARCH ON
MICROWAVE SCATTERING FROM VEGETATION
Effect of scattering mechanisms on polarimetric features of crops and trees
Numerical Model of Microwave Backscattering and Emission from Terrain Covered with Vegetation
 
TEO LAB PUBLICATIONS
A. Della Vecchia, L. Guerriero, I. Bruni, P. Ferrazzoli, "A hollow cylinder microwave model for stems", Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, vol. 20, pp. 301–318, 2006.
A. Della Vecchia, P. Ferrazzoli, L. Guerriero, X. Blaes, P. Defourny, L. Dente, F. Mattia, G. Satalino, T. Strozzi, U. Wegmuller, "Influence of geometrical factors on crop backscattering at C-band", IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, vol. 44, pp. 778–790, 2006.
A. Della Vecchia, P. Ferrazzoli, L. Guerriero, L. Ninivaggi, D. Scalon, T. Strozzi, U. Wegmüller, “Modeling multi-frequency scattering of wheat and maize during the whole growth cycle”, IGARSS'06, Denver, U.S.A., Jul.-Aug. 2006.
A. Della Vecchia, P. Ferrazzoli, L. Guerriero, “Model approaches for scattering and extinction of thin stems”, Progress in Electromagnetic Research Symposium, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A., March 2006.
K. Saleh, A. Porte', D. Guyon, P. Ferrazzoli, " A forest geometric description of a maritime pine forest suitable for discrete microwave models", IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, vol.43, pp. 2024- 2035, 2005.
A. Della Vecchia, P. Ferrazzoli, L. Guerriero, "Modeling microwave scattering from long curved leaves", Waves in Random Media, vol. 14, pp. S333–S343, 2004.
A. Della Vecchia, P. Ferrazzoli, L. Guerriero, L. Dente, F. Mattia, G. Satalino, T. Strozzi, U. Wegmuller, “Influence of geometrical factors and permittivity models on crop backscattering at C-band”, 4th International Symposium on Retrieval of Bio- and Geophysical Parameters from SAR Data for Land Applications, Innsbruck, Austria, Nov. 2004.
X. Blaes, P. Defourny, A. Della Vecchia, L. Guerriero, P. Ferrazzoli, “Impact of the agronomical parameters variability on SAR signal”, 4th International Symposium on Retrieval of Bio- and Geophysical Parameters from SAR Data for Land Applications, Innsbruck, Austria, Nov. 2004.
A. Della Vecchia, I. Bruni, P. Ferrazzoli, L. Guerriero, "Recent advances in crop modeling: the curved leaf and the hollow stem", IGARSS'04, Anchorage, U.S.A., Sept. 2004.
A. Della Vecchia, P. Ferrazzoli, L. Guerriero, "A model study of leaf curvature effect on microwave vegetation scattering", IGARSS'03, Toulouse, France, July 2003.
N. Pierdicca, L. Pulvirenti, B. Greco, P. Ferrazzoli, L. Guerriero, G. Schiavon, P. Ciotti, F. S. Marzano, P. Basili, S. Bonafoni, V. Mattioli, "Simulation of antenna temperature at Ku and S bands for calibrating the sigma nought measured by the radar altimeter on board ENVISAT", IGARSS'03, Toulouse, France, July 2003.
F. Del Frate, L. Guerriero, D. Solimini, "Electromagnetic modelling of vegetation with Neural Networks", Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A., July 2002.
J.P. Wigneron, L. Prevot, J.C. Calvet, Y. Kerr, P. Ferrazzoli, "Monitoring vegetation and soil from passive and active microwave remote sensing data: a model analysis'', Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing, G. Guyot and T. Phulpin (Eds), Balkema (Rotterdam, NL), pp. 823-830, 1997.
P. Ferrazzoli, L. Guerriero, "Radar Sensitivity to tree geometry and woody volume: a model analysis", IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, vol. 33, pp. 360-371, 1995.
M. Bracaglia, P. Ferrazzoli, L. Guerriero, "A fully polarimetric multiple scattering model for crops", Remote Sensing of the Environment, vol. 54.3, pp. 170-179, 1995.
P. Ferrazzoli, L. Guerriero, "Interpretation and model analysis of MAESTRO-1 Flevoland data'', Int. J. Remote Sensing, vol. 15, pp. 2901-2915, 1994.
P. Ferrazzoli, L. Guerriero, D. Solimini, "Numerical model of microwave backscattering and emission from terrain covered with vegetation", J. Applied Computational Electromagnetics Soc., vol. 6, pp. 175-191, 1991.
P. Ferrazzoli, G. Luzi, S. Paloscia, D. Solimini, "Model analysis of backscatter and emission properties of vegetated terrains", J. Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, vol. 5, pp. 175-193, 1991.
P. Ferrazzoli, G. Luzi, S. Paloscia, P. Pampaloni, G. Schiavon, and D. Solimini, "Comparison between microwave emissivity and backscatter coefficient of crops", Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, vol. GE-27, pp. 772-778, 1989.
P. Ferrazzoli, G. Luzi, S. Paloscia, P. Pampaloni, G. Schiavon, D. Solimini, "Microwave emission and scattering from agricultural fields", Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing Applications, pp. 233--244, P. Pampaloni, Ed., VSP Press, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1989.
P. Ferrazzoli, G. Luzi, S. Paloscia, P. Pampaloni, G. Schiavon, D. Solimini, "Comparison between the microwave emissivity and backscatter coefficient of crops", IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, Vol. 27, pp. 772--778, 1989.

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