Monitoring global land surface using Nimbus-7 37 GHz data: Theory and examples

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1989, Pages 1579-1605

  Choudhury, Bhaskar J ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SMMR; VEGETATION DENSITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; RADIOMETERS; RAIN AND RAINFALL--SIMULATION; REMOTE SENSING--ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS;

GLOBAL AREA COVERAGE; HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER; LAND SURFACE MONITORING; NIMBUS-7; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELS;

SATELLITES;

EID: 0024856057     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431168908903993     Document Type: Article

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