Modeling microwave scattering and emission from vegetation: an introduction

Modeling microwave scattering and emission from vegetation: an introduction

The course will be given by Dr. Leila Guerriero

 

Review of microwave interaction models for vegetation: from Water Cloud to coherent models

The permittivity of vegetation
The discrete approach: the canonic representation of the scattering vegetation element (disc, needle, cylinder); the forward scattering theorem
Multiple scatterng and combination of contributions by means of the matrix doubling method: calculation of the backscattering coefficient and emissivity of vegetated surfaces
Simulations and comparisons with experimental data for wheat, corn, forests ….
Polarimetry and classification. The bistatic scattering coefficient

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