Determination of microwave vegetation optical depth and single scattering albedo from large scale soil moisture and nimbus/smmr satellite observations

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1993, Pages 1875-1886

  Van De Griend, A A ^a   Owe, M ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; MICROWAVE EMISSIVITY; OPTICAL DEPTH; SMMR; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

BOTSWANA;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; HEAT RADIATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SATELLITES; SOILS;

BOTSWANA; LARGE SCALE SOIL MOISTURE; MICROWAVE VEGETATION OPTICAL DEPTH; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI); SCANNING MULTICHANNEL MICROWAVE RADIOMETER (SMMR); SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0027788681     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431169308954009     Document Type: Article

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