First order surface roughness correction of active microwave observations for estimating soil moisture

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1065-1069

  Jackson, T J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; EROSION; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SOILS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

RADAR BACKSCATTER;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0031190295     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.602548     Document Type: Article

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