Paper Info
Title
Diurnal change of Amazon rain forest σ0 observed by Ku-band spaceborne radar
Abstract
A Ku-band precipitation radar on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite provides backscattering coefficients (σ0) of Earth surfaces. The data are used to investigate σ0 characteristics of rain forest, and they show unique dependence on incidence angles and little dependence on seasons. A diurnal cycle is found in σ0 of the Amazon rain forest, showing the maximum σ0 in the morning and the minimum in the evening. It is inferred that the diurnal cycle is caused by dew drops on the leaves in the forests, and discussion on the dew effects with a simple model follows.
Year
DOI
Venue
2004
10.1109/TGRS.2004.825589
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions
Keywords
DocType
Volume
atmospheric boundary layer,atmospheric humidity,atmospheric precipitation,atmospheric techniques,radar cross-sections,remote sensing by radar,spaceborne radar,vegetation mapping,Amazon rain forest,Earth surfaces,Ku-band precipitation radar,Ku-band spaceborne radar,TRMM mission,Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite,backscattering coefficients,dew drops,dew effects,diurnal change,forest leaves,incidence angles,radar cross section,rain forest characteristics,Dew,TRMM,Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission,forest,radar cross section,spaceborne radar
Journal
42
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
6
0196-2892
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Makoto Satake1338.29
H. Hanado21817.00