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Estimating Soil Moisture in a Boreal Old Jack Pine Forest

Treuhaft, Robert·Saatchi, Sasan·Moghaddam, Mahta
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Polarimetric L- and P-band AIRSAR data, corresponding model simulations, and classification algorithms have shown that in a boreal old jack pine (OJP) stand, the principal scattering mechanism responsible for radar backscatter is the double-bounce mechanism between the tree trunks and the ground.

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Treuhaft, Robert, Saatchi, Sasan, Moghaddam, Mahta. 1997-08-03. Estimating Soil Moisture in a Boreal Old Jack Pine Forest. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20210003449

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