Bistatic Scattering Modeling for Dynamic Mapping of Tropical Wetlands with Cygnss

• Published in: IGARSS 2018 - 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium pp. 239 - 242
• Main Authors: Lavalle, Marco, Morris, Mary, Shah, Rashmi, Zuffada, Cinzia, Nghiem, Son V., Chew, Clara, Zavorotny, Valery U.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.07.2018
• Subjects: Geologic measurements; PSNR; Scattering; Soil; Vegetation; Vegetation mapping; Wetlands

The objective of this paper is to model and study the sensitivity of bistatic microwave scattering versus changes in wetland characteristics as observed by a GNSS-R satellite system such as CYGNSS. We develop a simplified scattering model starting from the Water Cloud Model traditionally used in mon...