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http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/KJKIEES.2014.25.4.476

Analysis of Backscattering Coefficients of Corn Fields Using the First-Order Vector Radiative Transfer Technique  

Kweon, Soon-Koo (Department of Electronic Information and Communication Engineering, Hongik University)
Hwang, Ji-Hwan (Department of Electronic Information and Communication Engineering, Hongik University)
Park, Sin-Myeong (Department of Electronic Information and Communication Engineering, Hongik University)
Hong, Sungwook (National Meteorological Satellite Center)
Oh, Yisok (Department of Electronic Information and Communication Engineering, Hongik University)
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The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science / v.25, no.4, 2014 , pp. 476-482 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, we analyzed the effect of corn growth on the radar backscattering coefficient. At first, we measured the backscattering coefficients of various corn fields using a polarimetric scatterometer system. The backscattering coefficients of the corn fields were also computed using the 1st-order VRT(Vector Radiative Transfer) model with field-measured input parameters. Then, we analyzed the experimental and numerical backscattering coefficients of corn fields. As a result, we found that the backscatter from an underlying soil layer is dominant for early growing stage. On the other hand, for vegetative stage with a higher LAI(Leaf-Area-Index), the backscatter from vegetation canopy becomes dominant, and its backscattering coefficients increase as incidence angle increases because of the effect of leaf angle distribution. It was also found that the estimated backscattering coefficients agree quite well with the field-measured radar backscattering coefficients with an RMSE(Root Mean Square Error) of 1.32 dB for VV-polarization and 0.99 dB for HH-polarization. Finally, we compared the backscattering characteristics of vegetation and soil layers with various LAI values.
Keywords
Radiative Transfer Model; Corn Field; SAR; Vegetation Canopy;
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