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Radiative transfer theory for polarimetric remote sensing of pine forest at P band

C. C. HSU Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Cambridge, U.S.A.
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H. C. HAN Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Cambridge, U.S.A.
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R. T. SHIN Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Cambridge, U.S.A.
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J. A. KONG Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Cambridge, U.S.A.
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A. BEAUDOIN Centre d'Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements, CNRS-Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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T. LE TOAN Centre d'Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements, CNRS-Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
Pages 2943-2954 | Published online: 27 Apr 2007

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