Satellite remote sensing of soil moisture in Illinois, United States

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D4, 1999, Pages 4145-4168

  Vinnikov, Konstantin Y ^a   Robock, Alan ^a,b   Qiu, Shuang ^a   Entin, Jared K ^a   Owe, Manfred ^c   Choudhury, Bhaskar J ^c   Hollinger, Steven E ^d   Njoku, Eni G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION COVER;

ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033608511     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JD200054     Document Type: Article

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