Journal and Conference articles up to 2004

Caution: The links below may be to pre-publication drafts of the listed citations. Please refer to the publication for the final, peer-reviewed article.

  1. R. D. De Roo, A. W. England, and J. Munn, ``Circular polarization for L-band radiometric soil moisture retrieval,'' in Proceedings, IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, 6--13 March 2004.
  2. R. D. De Roo and C.-T. Tai, ``Plane wave reflection and refraction involving a finitely conducting medium,'' IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 54--61, October 2003.
  3. B. K. Hornbuckle, A. W. England, R. D. De Roo, M. A. Fischman, and D. L. Boprie, ``Vegetation canopy anisotropy at 1.4 GHz,'' IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 41, no. 10, pp. 2211--2196, October 2003.
  4. L. van Nieuwstadt, R. De Roo, D. Boprie, R. Rizor, P. Hansen, A. W. England, H. Pham, and B. Lim, ``A compact direct detection receiver for L-band STAR radiometry,'' in Digest, IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS 2003), Philadelphia, PA, 8--13 June 2003.
  5. A. Nashashibi, K. Sarabandi, P. Frantzis, R. D. De Roo, and F. T. Ulaby, ``An ultrafast wide-band millimeter-wave MMW polarimetric radar for remote sensing applications,'' IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 40, no. 8, pp. 1777--1786, August 2002.
  6. A. Nashashibi, F. T. Ulaby, P. Frantzis, and R. D. De Roo, ``Measurements of the propagation parameters of tree canopies at MMW frequencies,'' IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 298--304, February 2002.
  7. R. D. De Roo, J. Munn, L. E. Pierce, A. Y. Nashashibi, F. T. Ulaby, and G. S. Samples, ``SPRI: Simulator of polarimetric radar images,'' IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 251--261, January 2002.
  8. R. D. De Roo, Y. Du, F. T. Ulaby, and M. C. Dobson, ``A semi-empirical backscattering model at L-band and C-band for a soybean canopy with soil moisture inversion,'' IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 864--872, April 2001.
  9. J. Munn, R. D. De Roo, and F. T. Ulaby, ``Statistical testing of the form of the Mueller matrix of terrain at millimeter wavelengths,'' in Proceedings, IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS '00), Honolulu, HI, 24--28 July 2000.
  10. R. D. De Roo, F. T. Ulaby, G. S. Samples, J. Munn, J. Costanza, A. Y. Nashashibi, A. E. B. El-Rouby, and L. E. Pierce, ``MMW polarimetric data base of terrain reflectivity and an associated image simulator,'' in Proceedings, IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS '00), Honolulu, HI, 24--28 July 2000.
  11. R. D. De Roo, J. Munn, A. Y. Nashashibi, and F. T. Ulaby, ``MMW clutter database and modeling,'' in Proceedings, Low Grazing Angle Clutter: Its Characterization, Measurement and Application, Laurel, MD, 25--27 April 2000, NATO Sensors and Electronic Technology Panel (SET).
  12. R. D. De Roo, F. T. Ulaby, A. El-Rouby, A. Y. Nashashibi, and G. S. Samples, ``SPRI: Simulator of polarimetric radar images,'' in Proceedings, Low Grazing Angle Clutter: Its Characterization, Measurement and Application, Laurel, MD, 25--27 April 2000, NATO Sensors and Electronic Technology Panel (SET).
  13. A. Y. Nashashibi, F. T. Ulaby, P. Frantzis, and R. D. De Roo, ``MMW measurements of the extinction and volume backscattering coefficients of tree canopies at near grazing incidence,'' in Proceedings, Low Grazing Angle Clutter: Its Characterization, Measurement and Application, Laurel, MD, 25--27 April 2000, NATO Sensors and Electronic Technology Panel (SET).
  14. Y. Du, R. D. De Roo, and F. T. Ulaby, ``Modeling of MMW snow backscatter at near grazing incidence,'' in Proceedings, Fourth Annual FedLab Symposium on Advanced Sensors, University of Maryland, 21--23 March 2000.
  15. R. D. De Roo, F. T. Ulaby, A. E. B. El-Rouby, and A. Y. Nashashibi, ``MMW radar scattering statistics of terrain at near grazing incidence,'' IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 1010--1018, July 1999.
  16. R. D. De Roo, F. T. Ulaby, A. E. B. El-Rouby, and A. Y. Nashashibi, ``Statistics of heterogeneous terrain at 95 GHz near grazing incidence,'' in Digest, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, Orlando, 11--15 July 1999.
  17. R. D. De Roo, Y. Du, and F. T. Ulaby, ``Observations of MMW backscatter from snow near grazing incidence,'' in Digest, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, Orlando, 11--15 July 1999.
  18. A. Y. Nashashibi, K. Sarabandi, P. Frantzis, R. D. De Roo, and F. T. Ulaby, ``A novel design of an ultra-fast wideband polarimetric radar,'' in Digest, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, Orlando, 11--15 July 1999.
  19. R. D. De Roo, F. T. Ulaby, G. S. Samples, and J. C. Costanza, ``SPRI: A simulator of polarimetric radar images,'' in Proceedings, Third Annual FedLab Symposium on Advanced Sensors, University of Maryland, 2--4 February 1999.
  20. A. Nashashibi, F. T. Ulaby, P. Frantzis, and R. D. De Roo, ``Near-grazing millimeter-wave radar response of terrain,'' in Proceedings, Third Annual FedLab Symposium on Advanced Sensors, University of Maryland, 2--4 February 1999.
  21. R. Appleby, S. Stratton, T. Blalock, D. Joynson, R. Smith, R. De Roo, B. Blume, L. van Ewijck, J. Gallagher, S. Taylor, and R. J. Chase, ``Modelling and phenomenology,'' in Millimeterwave Imaging Experiment (MIMEX) Final Report, R. Appleby, editor, chapter 6, NATO RSG-20, 1998.
  22. F. T. Ulaby, A. Y. Nashashibi, R. D. De Roo, P. Frantzis, and A. E. B. El-Rouby, ``Handbook of near-grazing millimeter-wave polarimetric radar response of terrain,'' Technical report, The University of Michigan, December 1998.
  23. R. D. De Roo and F. T. Ulaby, ``Radar clutter mapping,'' in Proceedings, RSG-20: Millimeterwave Imaging Experiment (MIMEX) Study Group, Panama City Beach, FL, 8--10 September 1998, NATO Sensors and Electronic Technology Panel (SET-10).
  24. R. D. De Roo, F. T. Ulaby, and M. C. Dobson, ``Using microwave radar for soil moisture inversion under soybean canopies,'' in Proceedings, IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS '98), Seattle, WA, 6--10 July 1998.
  25. K. M. Bergen, C. Robinson, R. D. De Roo, and L. E. Pierce, ``SIR-C analysis of desert sabkha,'' in Proceedings, IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS '98), Seattle, WA, 6--10 July 1998.
  26. R. D. De Roo, F. T. Ulaby, and A. E. B. El-Rouby, ``Polarimetric feature analysis as applied to automatic target recognition,'' in Proceedings, Second Annual FedLab Symposium on Advanced Sensors, pp. 147--151, University of Maryland, 2--6 February 1998.
  27. A. Nashashibi, K. Sarabandi, R. D. De Roo, and F. T. Ulaby, ``A novel design of a MMW ultra-fast wideband polarimetric instrumentation radar,'' in Proceedings, Second Annual FedLab Symposium on Advanced Sensors, pp. 142--146, University of Maryland, 2--6 February 1998.
  28. F. T. Ulaby, R. D. De Roo, A. El-Rouby, A. Nashashibi, K. Sarabandi, R. J. Wellman, H. B. Wallace, and J. Silvious, ``MMW radar clutter statistics at near grazing incidence,'' in Proceedings, Second Annual FedLab Symposium on Advanced Sensors, pp. 103--108, University of Maryland, 2--6 February 1998.
  29. B. Hauck, F. Ulaby, and R. De Roo, ``Polarimetric bistatic-measurement facility for point and distributed targets,'' IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 31--41, February 1998.
  30. F. T. Ulaby, A. Nashashibi, A. El-Rouby, E. S. Li, R. D. De Roo, K. Sarabandi, R. J. Wellman, and H. B. Wallace, ``95-GHz scattering by terrain at near-grazing incidence,'' IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 3--13, January 1998.
  31. B. Hauck, R. De Roo, and F. Ulaby, ``Polarimetric bistatic measurement facility for point and distributed targets,'' in Digest, volume 4 of IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, Montreal, 13--18 July 1997.
    Invited Paper.
  32. R. D. De Roo and F. T. Ulaby, ``A modified physical optics model of the rough surface reflection coefficient,'' in Digest, volume 3 of IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, pp. 1771--1775, Baltimore, 21--26 July 1996.
  33. R. D. De Roo, Errata for Theory and Measurement of Bistatic Scattering of X-band Microwaves from Rough Dielectric Surfaces.
  34. R. D. De Roo, Theory and Measurement of Bistatic Scattering of X-band Microwaves from Rough Dielectric Surfaces, PhD dissertation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, January 1996.
  35. K. Sarabandi, L. Pierce, M. C. Dobson, F. Ulaby, J. Stiles, T. C. Chiu, R. De Roo, R. Hartikka, and A. Zambetti, ``Polarimetric calibration of SIR-C using point and distributed targets,'' IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 858--866, July 1995.
  36. R. D. De Roo and F. T. Ulaby, ``Authors' reply to comments on bistatic specular scattering from rough dielectric surfaces,'' IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 225--226, February 1995.
  37. R. De Roo, R. Hartikka, N. Peplinski, and A. Zambetti, ``Bistatic measurement facility user's manual,'' Technical Report 031163-F, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, August 1994.
  38. R. D. De Roo and F. T. Ulaby, ``Bistatic specular scattering from rough dielectric surfaces,'' IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 220--231, February 1994.
  39. R. D. De Roo and F. T. Ulaby, ``Experimental observations of the forward scattering of microwaves from a rough dielectric surface,'' in Digest, IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS '93), pp. 999--1002, Tokyo, Japan, August 1993.
  40. R. D. De Roo, Y. Kuga, M. C. Dobson, and F. T. Ulaby, ``Bistatic radar scattering from organic debris of a forest floor,'' in Digest, IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS '91), Helsinki, Finland, June 1991.
  41. Y. Kuga, F. T. Ulaby, T. F. Haddock, and R. D. De Roo, ``Millimeter-wave radar scattering from snow: 1. radiative transfer model,'' Radio Science, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 329--341, March--April 1991.
  42. R. D. De Roo, F. T. Ulaby, Y. Kuga, and M. C. Dobson, ``Experimental studies of the microwave backscattering by well-characterized surfaces,'' in Digest, Progress in Electromagnetic Research Symposium (PIERS '89), Boston, MA, July 1989.

Student work performed under my supervision

    E. Haengel, `` UM space REU final report,'' Tech. Rep. 088-0307, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Aug. 2011.