Multifrequency Measurements of the Effects of Soil Moisture, Soil Texture, and Surface Roughness

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn GE-21, Issue 1, 1983, Pages 44-51

  Wang, James R ^a   O'Neill, Peggy E ^a   Jackson, Thomas J ^b   Engman, Edwin T ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING - AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS;

SOILS;

EID: 0020500768     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.1983.350529     Document Type: Article

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