Monitoring vegetation biomass with microwave sensors

Giovanni Macelloni; Simonetta Paloscia; Paolo Pampaloni; Roberto Ruisi

doi:10.1117/12.274732

23 May 1997 Monitoring vegetation biomass with microwave sensors

Giovanni Macelloni, Simonetta Paloscia, Paolo Pampaloni, Roberto Ruisi

Proceedings Volume 3107, Remote Sensing of Vegetation and Water, and Standardization of Remote Sensing Methods; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.274732
Event: Environmental Sensing III, 1997, Munich, Germany

Abstract

In this paper a summary of results obtained using ground- based and airborne microwave radiometers and airborne radars on agricultural crops is presented. The experiments took place on two agricultural areas, close to Florence. The capability of both sensor types to identify different crop categories and to detect the crop growth has been analyzed. A systematic investigation, aiming at identifying the correlation between multifrequency microwave backscatter and emission and vegetation biomass, was carried out. In particular, some relationships obtained between emission and plant water content of some crop types are presented and explained using a simple model based on radiative transfer theory.

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Giovanni Macelloni, Simonetta Paloscia, Paolo Pampaloni, and Roberto Ruisi "Monitoring vegetation biomass with microwave sensors", Proc. SPIE 3107, Remote Sensing of Vegetation and Water, and Standardization of Remote Sensing Methods, (23 May 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.274732

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