A Semiempirical Model For Interpreting Microwave Emission From Semiarid Land Surfaces as Seen From Space

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 384-393

  Kerr, Yann H ^a   Njoku, Eni G ^b  

^a Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches en Tele detection Spatiale ^*  (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVES--POLARIZATION; RADAR IMAGING; SOILS--MOISTURE;

CANOPY WATER CONTENT; MICROWAVE BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; MICROWAVE EMISSION MODEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER FUNCTION; SEMIARID LAND SURFACES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0025434232     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.54364     Document Type: Article

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