Remote sensing of natural resources with radar

Recent geographic-related natural resource studies involving the use of radar are reviewed. Unique properties of cloud penetation, shadowing, and resolution possessed by radar sensing systems are addressed. These systems have been applied to the monitoring and delineation of geomorphological, soil, vegetative, and air resources. Hydrological resource monitoring reveals iceberg distribution, drainage patterns, groundwater resources, and water Quality characteristics. Radar has been successfully used to discriminate between wheat stubble, bare ground, plowed ground, weeds, alfalfa, grain sorghum, corn, and sugar beets.