Michigan microwave canopy scattering model

Abstract The Michigan Microwave Canopy Scattering model (MIMICS) is based on a first-order solution of the radiative-transfer equation for a tree canopy comprising a crown layer, a trunk layer and a rough-surface ground boundary. The crown layer is modelled in terms of distributions of dielectric cylinders (representing needles and/or branches) and discs (representing leaves), and the trunks are treated as dielectric cylinders of uniform diameter. This report describes MIMICS I, which pertains to tree canopies with horizontally continuous (closed) crowns. The model, which is intended for use in the 0·5-10GHz region at angles greater than 10° from normal incidence, is formulated in terms of a 4 × 4 Stokes-like transformation matrix from which the backscattering coefficient can be computed for any transmit/receive polarization configuration.

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