Passive microwave remote sensing of soil moisture

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 184, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 101-129

  Njoku, Eni G ^a   Entekhabi, Dara ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MOISTURE; SAMPLING; SENSORS; SOILS; SURFACE WATERS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CLOUD COVER; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; LARGE SCALE SOIL MOISTURE INFORMATION; MICROWAVE SENSORS; PASSIVE MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE;

REMOTE SENSING;

MICROWAVE SENSING; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 0030251351     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1694(95)02970-2     Document Type: Article

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