Radar polarimetry and interferometry for remote sensing of boreal forest (original) (raw)

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Aalto University, P.O. Box 11000, FI-00076 Aalto www.aalto.fi Author Jaan Praks Name of the doctoral dissertation Radar polarimetry and interferometry for remote sensing of boreal forest Publisher School of Electrical Engineering

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