Mapping surface soil moisture using an aircraft-based passive microwave instrument: Algorithm and example

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 184, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 85-99

  Jackson, T J ^a   Le Vine, David E ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA; HYDROLOGY; MEASUREMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MAPPING; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE SOIL;

ALGORITHMS; ESTIMATION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; HYDROLOGY; MAPPING; MOISTURE; RADIOMETERS; SOILS; SURFACE WATERS;

ELECTRONICALLY SCANNED THINNED ARRAY RADIOMETER; MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; PUSH BROOM MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; SURFACE SOIL MOISTURE;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0030251411     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1694(95)02969-9     Document Type: Article

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