Determination of inundation area in the Amazon River floodplain using the SMMR 37 GHz polarization difference

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 70-76

  Sippel, Suzanne J ^a   Hamilton, Stephen K ^a   Melack, John M ^a   Choudhury, Bhaskar J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; INUNDATION; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; POLARISATION DIFFERENCE; SMMR 37;

SOUTH AMERICA, AMAZON RIVER;

MICROWAVES;

AMAZON RIVER INUNDATION AREA; INUNDATION AREA DETERMINATION; MICROWAVE SIGNATURES; MIXING MODELS;

RADIOMETERS;

NIMBUS;

EID: 0028166543     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-4257(94)90115-5     Document Type: Article

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