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Remote Sensing Environment An Interdisciplinary Journal VOLUME 59, NUMBER 1, JANUARY 1997 Contents A. J. Prata and P. J. Turner Cloud-Top Height Determination Using ATSR Data Nandish M. Mattikalli Soil Color Modeling for the Visible and Near-Infrared Bands of Landsat Sensors Using Laboratory Spectral Measurements 14 Philippe Mayaux and Eric F. Lambin Tropical Forest Area Measured from Global Land-Cover Classifications: Inverse Calibration Models Based on Spatial Textures 29 Werner Thomas A Three-Dimensional Model for Calculating Reflection Functions of Inhomogeneous and Orographically Structured Natural Landscapes 44 William H. Farrand and Joseph C. Harsanyi Mapping the Distribution of Mine Tailings in the Coeur d’Alene River Valley, Idaho, through the Use of a Constrained Energy Minimization Technique 64 Joan E. Luther, Steven E. Franklin, John Hudak, and John P. Meades Forecasting the Susceptibility and Vulnerability of Balsam Fir Stands to Insect Defoliation with Landsat Thematic Mapper Data 77 Jestis San Miguel-Ayanz and Gregory S. Biging Comparison of Single-Stage and Multi-Stage Classification Approaches for Cover Type Mapping with TM and SPOT Data 92 Marc L. Imhoff, William T. Lawrence, Christopher D. Elvidge, Tera Paul, Elissa Levine, Maria V. Privalsky, and Virginia Brown Using Nighttime DMSP/OLS Images of City Lights to Estimate the Impact of Urban Land Use on Soil Resources in the United States 105 K. J]. Ranson, G. Sun, J. F. Weishampel, and R. G. Knox Forest Biomass from Combined Ecosystem and Radar Backscatter Modeling VOLUME 59, NUMBER 2, FEBRUARY 1997 Contents Diane L. Evans, Jeffrey L. Plaut, and Ellen R. Stofan Overview of the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) Missions Eric S. Kasischke, John M. Melack, and M. Craig Dobson The Use of Imaging Radars for Ecological Applications—A Review Kevin O. Pope, Eliska Rejmankova, Jack F. Paris, and Robert Woodruff Detecting Seasonal Flooding Cycles in Marshes of the Yucatan Peninsula with SIR-C Polarimetric Radar Imagery Eric Rignot, William A. Salas, and David L. Skole Mapping Deforestation and Secondary Growth in Rondonia, Brazil, Using Imaging Radar and Thematic Mapper Data Corina da C. F. Yanasse, Sidnei J. S. Sant’Anna, Alejandro C. Frery, Camilo Daleles Renno, Jodo Vianei Soares, and Adrian John Luckman Exploratory Study of the Relationship between Tropical Forest Regeneration Stages and SIR-C L and C Data Sasan S. Saatchi, Jodo Vianei Soares, and Diogenes Salas Alves Mapping Deforestation and Land Use in Amazon Rainforest by Using SIR-C Imagery K. Jon Ranson and Guoging Sun An Evaluation of AIRSAR and SIR-C/X-SAR Images for Mapping Northern Forest Attributes in Maine, USA Peter A. Harrell, Eric S. Kasischke, Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez, Eric M. Haney, and Norman L. Christensen Jr. Evaluation of Approaches to Estimating Aboveground Biomass in Southern Pine Forests Using SIR-C Data odo Vianei Soares, Camilo Daleles Renn6é, Antonio Roberto Formaggio, Corina da Costa Freitas Yanasse, and Alejandro Cesar Frery An Investigation of the Selection of Texture Features for Crop Discrimination Using SAR Imagery T. J. Pultz, Y. Crevier, R. J. Brown, and J. Boisvert Monitoring Local Environmental Conditions with SIR-C/X-SAR M. Zribi, O. Taconet, S. Le Hégarat-Mascle, D. Vidal-Madjar, C. Emblanch, C. Loumagne, and M. Normand Backscattering Behavior and Simulation Comparison over Bare Soils Using SIR-C/X-SAR and ERASME 1994 Data over Orgeval Arthur R. Jameson, Fuk K. Li, Stephen L. Durden, Ziad S$. Haddad, Benjamin Holt, Tim Fogarty, Eastwood Im, and Richard K. Moore SIR-C/X-SAR Observations of Rain Storms R. K. Moore, A. Mogili, Y. Fang, B. Beh, and A. Ahamad Rain Measurement with SIR-C/X-SAR Jiancheng Shi and Jeff Dozier Mapping Seasonal Snow with SIR-C/X-SAR in Mountainous Areas 294 J. R. Wang, A. Hsu, J]. C. Shi, P. E. O’Neill, and E. T. Engman A Comparison of Soil Moisture Retrieval Models Using SIR-C Measurements over the Little Washita River Watershed 308 Mary E. MacKay and Peter J]. Mouginis-Mark The Effect of Varying Acquisition Parameters on the Interpretation of SIR-C Radar Data: The Virunga Volcanic Chain 321 Gerald G. Schaber, John F. McCauley, and Carol S. Breed The Use of Multifrequency and Polarimetric SIR-C/X-SAR Data in Geologic Studies of Bir Safsaf, Egypt 337 Guo Huadong, Liao Jingjuan, Wang Changlin, Wang Chao, Thomas G. Farr, and Diane L. Evans Use of Multifrequency, Multipolarization Shuttle Imaging Radar for Volcano Mapping in the Kunlun Mountains of Western China 364 Abdallah E. Dabbagh, Khattab G. Al-Hinai, and M. Asif Khan Detection of Sand-Covered Geologic Features in the Arabian Peninsula Using SIR-C/X-SAR Data 375 Robin Weeks, Milton Smith, Kyung Pak, and Alan Gillespie Inversions of SIR-C and AIRSAR Data for the Roughness of Geological Surfaces 383 Salvatore Ponte and Sergio Vetrella The SIR-C/X-SAR Italian Experiments at Matera: Instrumentation and Measurement Results 397 Yujun Fang and Richard K. Moore Inflight Vertical Antenna Patterns for SIR-C from Amazon Rain-Forest Observations 407 Thanks to Our Reviewers 415 VOLUME 59, NUMBER 3, MARCH 1997 Contents Alexander V. Kazansky Dual-Path Method and Revised Radiative Model for Retrieving Cloud Parameters from Pairs of AVHRR Images Jingli Yang and Stephen D. Prince A Theoretical Assessment of the Relation Between Woody Canopy Cover and Red Reflectance A. R. Huete, H. Q. Liu, K. Batchily, and W. van Leeuwen A Comparison of Vegetation Indices over a Global Set of TM Images for EOS-MODIS M. Fily, B. Bourdelles, J. P. Dedieu, and C. Sergent Comparison of In Situ and Landsat Thematic Mapper Derived Snow Grain Characteristics in the Alps W. Gao and B. M. Lesht Model Inversion of Satellite-Measured Reflectances for Obtaining Surface Biophysical and Bidirectional Reflectance Characteristics of Grassland Stefanie Tompkins, John F. Mustard, Carlé M. Pieters, and Donald W. Forsyth Optimization of Endmembers for Spectral Mixture Analysis E. Rubio, V. Caselles, and C. Badenas Emissivity Measurements of Several Soils and Vegetation Types in the 8-14 “~m Wave Band: Analysis of Two Field Methods Mary Pax-Lenney and Curtis E. Woodcock Monitoring Agricultural Lands in Egypt with Multitemporal Landsat TM Imagery: How Many Images Are Needed? F. Biard and Frédéric Baret Crop Residue Estimation Using Multiband Reflectance Volume Contents