421 
0123401234 
Сопору Water Content (kg/m 2 ) 
Figure 4: Two-way canopy transmittivity as a function of the canopy water content m v . Solid circles: 
calculated by Mimics, solid lines: proposed parameterization (eq.4). (a): C-HH-20 0 , (b): C-HH-40 0 , (c): 
X-VV-20 0 , (d): X-VV-40 0 . 
20° 
40° 
C-HH 
0.00469 
0.0365 
x-vv 
0.0168 
0.0172 
Table 3: Direct backscatter: A values obtained 
L*cosS*( 1 -t 2 ) L*cos0*( 1 -t J ) 
Figure 5: Direct, canopy backscatter: values given by Mimics as a. function of the proposed parameterization, 
o id circles, calculated by Mimics, solid lines: proposed parameterization (eq.5). (a): C-HII-20 0 (bV 
C-II11-40°, ( C ): X-VV-20 0 , (d): X-VV-40».