JIN Yaqiu. Information chains in fine quantitative remote sensing based on scattering radiative transfer and imaging[J]. Journal of Remote Sensing, 2016, 20(5): 768-774. DOI: 10.11834/jrs.20166119.
Satellite-borne remote sensing is a type of information technology that retrieves the physical characteristics of the environment/targets via scattering and radiative transfer by electromagnetic waves. A series of novel information trends for fine quantitative retrievals have emerged with the advancements of high-resolution remote sensing technology with multi-mission
multi-frequency
multi-polarization
multi-source
and multi-mode characteristics. This paper presents a general profile of the research progress during recent decades.It includes a discussion of vector radiative transfer theory of natural media and satellite-borne microwave remote sensing CAL/VAL
electromagnetic scattering theory and fully polarimetric multi-mode SAR imagery