Soil moisture estimation under a vegetation cover: Combined active passive microwave remote sensing approach

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1079-1097

  Chauhan, N S ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE SENSORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOILS;

COMBINED ACTIVE PASSIVE MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; MULTISENSOR AIRCRAFT CAMPAIGN HYDROLOGY EXPERIMENT;

REMOTE SENSING;

ACTIVE MICROWAVE SENSOR; MACHYDRO; MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; PASSIVE MICROWAVE SENSOR; PBMR; RADAR; RADIOMETER; SAR; SOIL MOISTURE;

USA, PENNSYLVANIA;

EID: 0031103403     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311697218584     Document Type: Article

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