Abstract In the past a snow layer has been modeled as a homogeneous layer embedded with sparsely populated Rayleigh scatterers above an irregular ground surface. The effect of the ground surface can be ignored if the layer is sufficiently lossy due to wetness in the snow. The top surface of the snow layer may be treated as plane or irregular depending upon its actual shape and its wetness condition. For a dry snow condition where the electromagnetic wave can penetrate easily one can ignore the air-snow interface. As a result a variety of emission and scattering models exist. An improvement to the existing scattering or emission model would consist of an irregular layer with densely populated correlated scatterers. The development of this model and its application to scattering and emission from a snow layer are discussed. Also discussed is a surface scattering model for a soil surface.


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    Title :

    Modelling of microwave emission and scattering from snow and soil


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    Publication date :

    1989-01-01


    Size :

    10 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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