The capability of the microwave radiometric method to determine soil moisture and vegetation biometric indices was revealed a quarter of a century ago by the author and many of his colleagues. In light of many research projects since then, the main objective of this book is to render a systematic account of questions concerning the microwave radiometry of the Earth’s surface in the presence of vegetation canopies.
Author(s): Alexander A. Chukhlantsev
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 297
Tags: Науки о Земле;Метеорология и климатология;Биоклиматология и агроклиматология;
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 6
Foreword......Page 9
Preface......Page 11
1.1. Theory of Thermal Radiation......Page 15
1.2. Microwave Radiometers and Systems......Page 26
1.3. Radiometric Measurements......Page 32
2.1. Physical and Dielectric Properties of Soils......Page 35
2.2. Biometrical Features and Electrical Properties of Vegetation......Page 50
3.1. Microwave Emission Models of Bare Soils......Page 66
3.2. Experimental Research on Microwave Emission from Bare Soils......Page 82
4.1. General Approach to the Description of Electromagnetic wave Propagation in Vegetation......Page 87
4.2. The Model of Vegetation as a Continuous Medium......Page 90
4.3. The Model of Vegetation as a Collection of Scatterers (Discrete Model)......Page 103
4.4. Extinction and Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves by Plant Elements......Page 109
4.5. Microwave Propagation Through a Vegetation Layer. Relation of Electrodynamic Parameters to Biometric Features of Vegetation......Page 122
5.1. Methods of Experimental Research......Page 131
5.2. Experimental Results......Page 141
6.1. General Approach to the Modeling of Radiation Parameters for Vegetated Soils......Page 158
6.2. The Emissivity of a Vegetation Canopy......Page 165
6.3. Modeling Microwave Emission from Forests......Page 177
6.4. Polarization Properties of Microwave Emission from Vegetation Canopies......Page 180
6.5. Spatial Variations of Microwave Emission from the Earth's Surface......Page 182
6.6. Global Simulation of Microwave Emission from Land......Page 184
7.1. Research on Microwave Emission from Vegetated Fields......Page 187
7.2. Research on Microwave Emission from Forests......Page 207
7.3. Statistical Properties of Microwave Emission from Vegetation Canopies......Page 214
8.1. Accounting for Vegetation Effect in Microwave Radiometry of a Surface......Page 216
8.2. Vegetation Biomass Retrieval from Microwave Radiometric Measurements......Page 226
8.3. Soil Moisture and Vegetation Biomass Retrieval from Multi-Configuration Microwave Radiometric Measurements......Page 239
8.4. Vegetation Effect in Active Microwave Remote Sensing......Page 245
9.1. Global Climate Problems and the Carbon Cycle......Page 250
9.2. Assimilation of Remote Sensing Data into Global Carbon Cycle Models......Page 257
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